republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-286.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 SB 309 and is identical to HB 660.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 286	Virginia SB 286 (2020)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	6	46	10	2020-01-03	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/bc742c3b-b2da-4a9c-abb1-0263339c74e5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB286	2fd030309bbb5aa85839733f0b2117d81bbf9aef3cd48fcf846b90239f1da8ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 286 (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 SB 309 and is identical to HB 660.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0990) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB286ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB286S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB286) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB286H1) (committee substitute) — source
6. SB286S2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 42-N) — 52–42 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — 55–44 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 6-N) — 15–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
• William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104290D introduction
• 2020-01-03 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
• 2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB286)
• 2020-02-10 Incorporates SB309 (Stanley)
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute printed 20108083D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-10 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 20108083D-S1
• 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB286S1
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB286S1)
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108569D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-19 Substitute bill reprinted 20108569D-H1
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB286H1)
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108569D-H1
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB286H1
• 2020-02-24 Passed House with substitute (56-Y 44-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
• 2020-02-26 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 2020-02-27 House insisted on substitute
• 2020-02-27 House requested conference committee
• 2020-03-02 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 1-N)
• 2020-03-02 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Conference substitute printed 20109739D-S2
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 42-N)
• 2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 42-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2020-03-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB286ER)
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 990 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc742c3b-b2da-4a9c-abb1-0263339c74e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).