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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deferred dispositions; property crimes, larceny and receiving stolen goods, exception."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 660"
citation: "Virginia HB 660 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/859b4570-e77a-4c7c-896f-74bb77398520"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB660"
source_hash: "04879cdf3b48aeaff68cb2dae303ff2f0799f610e17a04f6103cd7328df55b48"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0989)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB660ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB660ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB660H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB660H1)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB660H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB660)
5. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB660S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB660S1)
6. **HB660H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB660H2)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/859b4570-e77a-4c7c-896f-74bb77398520`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).