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| Bill | Protective orders; violations of preliminary child protective order, changes punishment, etc. | Violations of protective orders; preliminarychild protective order. Changes the punishment and sentencingrequirements for a violation of a preliminary child protective orderso that the maximum penalty is a Class 1 misdemeanor and the courtis no longer required to enter a permanent family abuse protectiveorder (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years)upon a conviction of a violation of a preliminary child protectiveorder. The bill provides that a violation of a preliminary child protective order is punishable as contempt of court; however, if theviolation involves an act or acts of commission or omission that endanger the child's life, health, or normal development or resultin bodily injury to the child, it is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.Under current law, violations of preliminary child protective ordersconstitute contempt of court and are also subject to the same penaltiesas violations of preliminary, emergency, and permanent family abuseprotective orders, including enhanced penalties for certain violations.This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2012 | Virginia HB 2012 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2012 (2021) — Protective orders; violations of preliminary child protective order, changes punishment, etc.
Violations of protective orders; preliminarychild protective order. Changes the punishment and sentencingrequirements for a violation of a preliminary child protective orderso that the maximum penalty is a Class 1 misdemeanor and the courtis no longer required to enter a permanent family abuse protectiveorder (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years)upon a conviction of a violation of a preliminary child protectiveorder. The bill provides that a violation of a preliminary child protective order is punishable as contempt of court; however, if theviolation involves an act or acts of commission or omission that endanger the child's life, health, or normal development or resultin bodily injury to the child, it is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.Under current law, violations of preliminary child protective ordersconstitute contempt of court and are also subject to the same penaltiesas violations of preliminary, emergency, and permanent family abuseprotective orders, including enhanced penalties for certain violations.This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0184 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2012ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100411D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 21100411D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100411D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-20 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-22 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-22 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2021-01-22 Engrossed by House as amended HB2012E
- 2021-01-22 Printed as engrossed 21100411D-E
- 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB2012E)
- 2021-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-26 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-15 Reading of amendments waived
- 2021-02-15 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2021-02-15 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2021-02-15 Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-17 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-17 Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2012ER)
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7826a79-75e7-4d41-b9f7-41616d979309. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).