republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-660.md

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Bill	Deferred dispositions; property crimes, larceny and receiving stolen goods, exception.	Deferred dispositions; property crimes; larceny and receiving stolen goods. Provides that a court, upon such plea if the facts found by the court would justify a finding of guilt, without entering a judgment of guilt and with the consent of the accused, may defer further proceedings and place him on probation subject to terms and conditions for a first offense misdemeanor larceny provided such person has not previously been convicted of any felony or had a prior deferred disposition for the same offense. The bill also provides that deferred disposition will no longer be allowed for peeping crimes. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. This bill incorporates HB 1592 and is identical to SB 286.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 660	Virginia HB 660 (2020)	bill		enacted	Michael P. Mullin	6	45	10	2020-01-06	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/859b4570-e77a-4c7c-896f-74bb77398520	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB660	04879cdf3b48aeaff68cb2dae303ff2f0799f610e17a04f6103cd7328df55b48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 660 (2020) — Deferred dispositions; property crimes, larceny and receiving stolen goods, exception.

Deferred dispositions; property crimes; larceny and receiving stolen goods. Provides that a court, upon such plea if the facts found by the court would justify a finding of guilt, without entering a judgment of guilt and with the consent of the accused, may defer further proceedings and place him on probation subject to terms and conditions for a first offense misdemeanor larceny provided such person has not previously been convicted of any felony or had a prior deferred disposition for the same offense. The bill also provides that deferred disposition will no longer be allowed for peeping crimes. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. This bill incorporates HB 1592 and is identical to SB 286.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0989) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB660ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB660H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB660H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB660S1 (committee substitute) — source
6. HB660H2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 43-N) — 53–43 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N) — 54–43 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 3-N) — 9–3 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N) — 1–95 (fail) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101944D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20106737D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-05 Incorporates HB1592 (Cole, M.L.)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20106737D-H1
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB660H1
• 2020-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB660H1)
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 43-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 43-N)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108749D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108749D-S1
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB660S1
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108749D-S1 (1-Y 96-N)
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N)
• 2020-02-28 Senate insisted on substitute (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-02 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-02 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Conference substitute printed 20109830D-H2
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB660ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 989 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/859b4570-e77a-4c7c-896f-74bb77398520. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).