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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 SB 309 and is identical to HB 660."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Virginia SB 286 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc742c3b-b2da-4a9c-abb1-0263339c74e5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB286"
source_hash: "2fd030309bbb5aa85839733f0b2117d81bbf9aef3cd48fcf846b90239f1da8ab"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0990)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB286ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB286ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB286S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB286S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB286)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB286)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB286H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB286H1)
6. **SB286S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB286S2)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 42-N) — **5242** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 1-N) — **391** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **040** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — **5544** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 6-N) — **156** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc742c3b-b2da-4a9c-abb1-0263339c74e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).