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Bill	Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty.	Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies; penalty. Authorizes a court to issue a protective order upon convicting a defendant for a felony offense of (i) violating a protective order, (ii) homicide, (iii) kidnapping, (iv) assaults and bodily woundings, (v) extortion, or (vi) criminal sexual assault. The bill provides that the duration of such protective order can be for any reasonable period of time, including up to the lifetime of the defendant, that the court deems necessary to protect the health and safety of the victim and may only prohibit (a) acts of family abuse or of violence, force, or threat against the victim or criminal offenses that may result in injury to the person or property of the victim and (b) such contacts by the defendant with the victim as the court deems necessary for the health or safety of the victim. The bill provides that a violation of a protective order issued upon conviction of one of the enumerated offenses is punishable as contempt of court or in the same manner as criminal violations of other protective orders are punished. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 144	Virginia SB 144 (2020)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	6	45	9	2019-12-18	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/ac3e66f3-83a1-4e15-bb0d-425256d2c883	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB144	860457154cc661616e6717b8edc5da5ee26e5bc7a4d063e6a34f50d0529d7b8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 144 (2020) — Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty.

Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies; penalty. Authorizes a court to issue a protective order upon convicting a defendant for a felony offense of (i) violating a protective order, (ii) homicide, (iii) kidnapping, (iv) assaults and bodily woundings, (v) extortion, or (vi) criminal sexual assault. The bill provides that the duration of such protective order can be for any reasonable period of time, including up to the lifetime of the defendant, that the court deems necessary to protect the health and safety of the victim and may only prohibit (a) acts of family abuse or of violence, force, or threat against the victim or criminal offenses that may result in injury to the person or property of the victim and (b) such contacts by the defendant with the victim as the court deems necessary for the health or safety of the victim. The bill provides that a violation of a protective order issued upon conviction of one of the enumerated offenses is punishable as contempt of court or in the same manner as criminal violations of other protective orders are punished. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1005) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB144ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB144ES1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from VCSC (SB144) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from VCSC (SB144H1) (committee substitute) — source
6. Impact statement from VCSC (SB144S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N) — 19–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (90-Y 7-N) — 89–7 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101423D introduction
• 2019-12-18 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-12-19 Impact statement from VCSC (SB144)
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB144)
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Committee substitute printed 20106784D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-28 Impact statement from VCSC (SB144S1)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20106784D-S1
• 2020-02-07 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-07 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB144ES1
• 2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20106784D-ES1
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB144ES1)
• 2020-02-18 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-28 Committee substitute printed 20108527D-H1 substitution
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-03 Impact statement from VCSC (SB144H1)
• 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB144H1)
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20108527D-H1
• 2020-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB144H1
• 2020-03-04 Passed House with substitute (90-Y 7-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Passage (90-Y 7-N)
• 2020-03-05 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Title replaced 20108527D-H1
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB144ER)
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1005 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac3e66f3-83a1-4e15-bb0d-425256d2c883. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).