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type: "Bill"
title: "Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William."
description: "Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William. Establishes a public defender office for the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and the County of Prince William. This bill is identical to HB 366."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Virginia SB 72 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-11-23"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0291aab-916b-4108-8c8b-5ec0e6a41c9b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB72"
source_hash: "b9bb4a792547b9e39bc501dd267fd3a021dc5366c591ad001f1520fdace265cc"
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 72 (2020) — Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William.
Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William. Establishes a public defender office for the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and the County of Prince William. This bill is identical to HB 366.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0376)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0376)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB72ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB72ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB72)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB72)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) — **337** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) — **133** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 1-N 1-A) — **91** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
- Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-11-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100915D `introduction`
- **2019-11-23** 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
- **2020-01-15** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB72)
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB72ER)
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2020-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 376 (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/c0291aab-916b-4108-8c8b-5ec0e6a41c9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).