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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 | SB 1113 | Virginia SB 1113 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1113 (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.
- CHAP0084 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21104255D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21200172D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101629D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1113ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) — 32–6 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 2-N) — 10–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101629D
introduction - 2020-12-18 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-12-23 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1113)
- 2021-01-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB1113)
- 2021-01-20 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-01 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-01 Committee substitute printed 21104255D-S1
substitution - 2021-02-01 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-02-02 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1113S1)
- 2021-02-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB1113S1)
- 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21104255D-S1
- 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1113S1
- 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 6-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-07 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- 2021-02-12 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-12 Committee substitute printed 21200172D-H1
substitution - 2021-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-16 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1113H1)
- 2021-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB1113H1)
- 2021-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 21200172D-H1
- 2021-02-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1113H1
- 2021-02-17 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-17 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-19 House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-19 Title replaced 21200172D-H1
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled
- 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB1113ER)
- 2021-02-24 Signed by President
- 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d397be0-2c54-4abd-a469-c659da872d20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).