republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-149.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment.	Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment.Increases from $10 to $20 the maximum amount a local governing bodymay assess against a convicted defendant as part of the costs ina criminal or traffic case in district or circuit court to fund courthouseand courtroom security.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 149	Virginia SB 149 (2020)	bill		enacted	Janet D. Howell	3	27	7	2019-12-18	2020-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/6e3e8b3e-170f-4f08-b20d-109be444a4e6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB149	9ff3f88dcf1822e0b5c65e5794e2533a41e4fc784107daf6faf00eeba5e52244	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 149 (2020) — Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment.

Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment.Increases from $10 to $20 the maximum amount a local governing bodymay assess against a convicted defendant as part of the costs ina criminal or traffic case in district or circuit court to fund courthouseand courtroom security.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0602) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB149ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB149) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N) — 14–2 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N) — 80–18 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Janet D. Howell — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101599D introduction
• 2019-12-18 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-01-13 Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-13 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB149)
• 2020-01-30 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Assigned PS sub: Firearms referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Passed House (81-Y 18-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N)
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled
• 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB149ER)
• 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-04 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 602 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e3e8b3e-170f-4f08-b20d-109be444a4e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).