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| Bill | Communicating threats of death or bodily injury to a person with intent to intimidate; penalty. | Communicating threats of death or bodily injuryto a person at any place of assembly, any building or other structure,or any means of transportation; penalties. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who either (i) communicates to anotherby any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, shoot, stab, or inany other manner cause death or bodily injury to persons at any placeof assembly, any building or other structure, or any means of masstransportation or (ii) communicates to another by any means information,knowing the same to be false, about any plan to bomb, burn, destroy,shoot, stab, or in any other manner cause death or bodily injury topersons at any place of assembly, any building or other structure,or any means of mass transportation and makes either such communication with the intent to (a) intimidate a civilian population at large,(b) influence the conduct or activities of the government of theUnited States or any state or local government through intimidation,(c) compel the emergency evacuation of any place of assembly, anybuilding or other structure, or any means of mass transportationthrough intimidation, or (d) place any person in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily injury through intimidation is guilty of a Class5 felony. The bill provides that any person younger than 18 yearsof age who commits such offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2194 | Virginia HB 2194 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2194 (2021) — Communicating threats of death or bodily injury to a person with intent to intimidate; penalty.
Communicating threats of death or bodily injuryto a person at any place of assembly, any building or other structure,or any means of transportation; penalties. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who either (i) communicates to anotherby any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, shoot, stab, or inany other manner cause death or bodily injury to persons at any placeof assembly, any building or other structure, or any means of masstransportation or (ii) communicates to another by any means information,knowing the same to be false, about any plan to bomb, burn, destroy,shoot, stab, or in any other manner cause death or bodily injury topersons at any place of assembly, any building or other structure,or any means of mass transportation and makes either such communication with the intent to (a) intimidate a civilian population at large,(b) influence the conduct or activities of the government of theUnited States or any state or local government through intimidation,(c) compel the emergency evacuation of any place of assembly, anybuilding or other structure, or any means of mass transportationthrough intimidation, or (d) place any person in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily injury through intimidation is guilty of a Class5 felony. The bill provides that any person younger than 18 yearsof age who commits such offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0083 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21104392D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2194ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101561D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (34-Y 3-N) — 34–3 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101561D
introduction - 2021-01-13 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2194)
- 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB2194)
- 2021-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-03 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-03 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-03 Committee substitute printed 21104392D-H1
substitution - 2021-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-04 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2194H1)
- 2021-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21104392D-H1
- 2021-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2194H1
- 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-05 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB2194H1)
- 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-10 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-02-16 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-17 Passed Senate (34-Y 3-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2194ER)
- 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
- 2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 83 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a7a109c-c884-4e87-a369-4cbbe9452799. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).