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type: "Bill"
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title: "Grand larceny; increases threshold amount."
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description: "Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $500 to $1,000 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. This bill is identical to HB 995."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 788"
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citation: "Virginia SB 788 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e205ad-b1fe-4b81-a7dd-0fd858d40df1"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB788"
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source_hash: "46a64c0073f75857aacfa18d4ce8221662f25456c1016f4c51962e37a7242080"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 788 (2020) — Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
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Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $500 to $1,000 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. This bill is identical to HB 995.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0401)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0401)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB788ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB788ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB788)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB788)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **26–14** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) — **8–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
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- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103374D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB788)
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House (58-Y 40-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB788ER)
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- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 401 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95e205ad-b1fe-4b81-a7dd-0fd858d40df1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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