republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-172.md

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Bill	Virginia State Police Electronic Summons System Fund; created.	Virginia State Police Electronic Summons SystemFund. Creates the Virginia State Police Electronic Summons SystemFund, which is funded by a $5 fee required by the bill to be assessedas court costs in each criminal or traffic case in which the Virginia State Police issued the summons, ticket, or citation; executed thewarrant; or made the arrest. The bill directs that the Fund be usedfor the purposes of funding software, hardware, and associated equipmentcosts for the implementation and maintenance of an electronic summonssystem. Under current law, localities may charge a fee of up to $5for each criminal or traffic case to be used for such purposes.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 172	Virginia HB 172 (2020)	bill		enacted	Paul E. Krizek	4	34	9	2019-12-26	2020-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/465da527-1ee1-47ad-ad84-6e92973ba6eb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB172	6d08a65af66a9fe95170fd1c98b249b06f3766f7b32b096b58c046814b59c519	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 172 (2020) — Virginia State Police Electronic Summons System Fund; created.

Virginia State Police Electronic Summons SystemFund. Creates the Virginia State Police Electronic Summons SystemFund, which is funded by a $5 fee required by the bill to be assessedas court costs in each criminal or traffic case in which the Virginia State Police issued the summons, ticket, or citation; executed thewarrant; or made the arrest. The bill directs that the Fund be usedfor the purposes of funding software, hardware, and associated equipmentcosts for the implementation and maintenance of an electronic summonssystem. Under current law, localities may charge a fee of up to $5for each criminal or traffic case to be used for such purposes.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0342) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB172ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB172E (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House as amended HB172E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-26 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103771D introduction
• 2019-12-26 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-15 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-22 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended HB172E
• 2020-02-03 Printed as engrossed 20103771D-E
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB172E)
• 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-12 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB172ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
• 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 342 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/465da527-1ee1-47ad-ad84-6e92973ba6eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).