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Bill	Sexual and Domestic Violence, Advisory Committee on; increases membership, duties.	Advisory Committee on Sexual and Domestic Violence; membership; duties. Increases from 15 to 19 the total number of members of the Advisory Committee on Sexual and Domestic Violence (the Advisory Committee) by adding the Executive Director of the Virginia Victim Assistance Network and by increasing from six to nine the number of nonlegislative citizen members. The bill streamlines the responsibilities and duties of the Advisory Committee to (i) promotion of appropriate and effective responses, services, and prevention for sexual assault and domestic violence across the Commonwealth and (ii) promotion of strong communication, coordination, and strategy at state, regional, and local levels. The bill also reorganizes the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Professional Standards Committee (the Professional Standards Committee) to consist of 12 nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor and three nonvoting members. Under current law, the Professional Standards Committee consists of six directors of local and domestic violence programs appointed by the Advisory Committee, six directors of local sexual and domestic violence programs appointed by the Virginia sexual and domestic violence coalition, one nonvoting member appointed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, and one nonvoting member appointed by the Virginia sexual and domestic violence coalition. The bill further outlines the duties and responsibilities of the Professional Standards Committee and of the Department of Criminal Justice Services with regard to the Professional Standards Committee.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2317	Virginia HB 2317 (2021)	bill		enacted	Roxann L. Robinson	3	24	7	2021-01-21	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/3108d59b-b5ec-4f83-b20b-550335c80891	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2317	aca5b2c307b4e483b8527c6505c55847188cbd4002b1d83b2b142e7a4eb5297b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2317 (2021) — Sexual and Domestic Violence, Advisory Committee on; increases membership, duties.

Advisory Committee on Sexual and Domestic Violence; membership; duties. Increases from 15 to 19 the total number of members of the Advisory Committee on Sexual and Domestic Violence (the Advisory Committee) by adding the Executive Director of the Virginia Victim Assistance Network and by increasing from six to nine the number of nonlegislative citizen members. The bill streamlines the responsibilities and duties of the Advisory Committee to (i) promotion of appropriate and effective responses, services, and prevention for sexual assault and domestic violence across the Commonwealth and (ii) promotion of strong communication, coordination, and strategy at state, regional, and local levels. The bill also reorganizes the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Professional Standards Committee (the Professional Standards Committee) to consist of 12 nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor and three nonvoting members. Under current law, the Professional Standards Committee consists of six directors of local and domestic violence programs appointed by the Advisory Committee, six directors of local sexual and domestic violence programs appointed by the Virginia sexual and domestic violence coalition, one nonvoting member appointed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, and one nonvoting member appointed by the Virginia sexual and domestic violence coalition. The bill further outlines the duties and responsibilities of the Professional Standards Committee and of the Department of Criminal Justice Services with regard to the Professional Standards Committee.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. CHAP0193 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2317ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 21103345D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 21103345D introduction
• 2021-01-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB2317)
• 2021-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-03 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-22 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB2317ER)
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 193 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3108d59b-b5ec-4f83-b20b-550335c80891. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).