republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-77.md

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Bill	Venue in criminal cases; concurrent jurisdiction, obsolete provisions.	Provides that the courts of a locality have concurrent jurisdiction with the courts of any other adjoining locality over criminal offenses committed in or upon the premises, buildings, rooms, or offices owned or occupied by such locality or any officer, agency, or department thereof that are located in the adjoining locality and repeals an existing statute that provides such concurrent jurisdiction for certain enumerated localities. The bill also deletes references to corporation courts, which no longer exist, and repeals several obsolete provisions involving courts not of record that ceased to be applicable in 1980. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 77	Virginia HB 77 (2018)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Courts Not of Record Courts of Record Criminal Procedure	enacted	Gregory D. Habeeb	2	15	6	2017-12-06	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/997c4283-163d-4f62-a8dc-759dd0cb087b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB77	f981067348c62d60bb5751fd8d404adc4120cc53db251112d7f78a874a67ba2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 77 (2018) — Venue in criminal cases; concurrent jurisdiction, obsolete provisions.

Provides that the courts of a locality have concurrent jurisdiction with the courts of any other adjoining locality over criminal offenses committed in or upon the premises, buildings, rooms, or offices owned or occupied by such locality or any officer, agency, or department thereof that are located in the adjoining locality and repeals an existing statute that provides such concurrent jurisdiction for certain enumerated localities. The bill also deletes references to corporation courts, which no longer exist, and repeals several obsolete provisions involving courts not of record that ceased to be applicable in 1980. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB77ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100079D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-12-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100079D introduction
• 2017-12-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-08 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 164 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/997c4283-163d-4f62-a8dc-759dd0cb087b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).