republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-787.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes."
description: "Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) simple assault or assault and battery where the victim was intentionally selected because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin; (ii) entering the property of another for purposes of damaging such property or its contents or interfering with the rights of the owner, user, or occupant where such property was intentionally selected because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the owner, user, or occupant; and (iii) various offenses that tend to cause violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 787"
citation: "Virginia HB 787 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/902382ee-d731-41a9-ad10-1f6e03e8c76b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB787"
source_hash: "3b54ed6cfcacd724c086562639250aca876080e1424205beefa1b3345a0f5495"
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 787 (2020) — Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes.

Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) simple assault or assault and battery where the victim was intentionally selected because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin; (ii) entering the property of another for purposes of damaging such property or its contents or interfering with the rights of the owner, user, or occupant where such property was intentionally selected because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the owner, user, or occupant; and (iii) various offenses that tend to cause violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0747)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB787ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB787ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB787E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB787E)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB787E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB787)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 6-N) — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102657D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB787E
- **2020-02-05** Printed as engrossed 20102657D-E
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 747 (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/902382ee-d731-41a9-ad10-1f6e03e8c76b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).