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| Bill | Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue. | Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue. Removes provisions that allow certain crimes relating to threats and harassment to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if venue cannot otherwise be established and (i) the victim is the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia and (ii) such official or employee was threatened or harassed while engaged in the performance of his public duties or because of his position with the Commonwealth. The bill also removes provisions that allow threats to damage property to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if (a) venue cannot otherwise be established and (b) the threatened property is owned by the Commonwealth and located in the Capitol District. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 350 | Virginia HB 350 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 350 (2022) — Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue.
Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue. Removes provisions that allow certain crimes relating to threats and harassment to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if venue cannot otherwise be established and (i) the victim is the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia and (ii) such official or employee was threatened or harassed while engaged in the performance of his public duties or because of his position with the Commonwealth. The bill also removes provisions that allow threats to damage property to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if (a) venue cannot otherwise be established and (b) the threatened property is owned by the Commonwealth and located in the Capitol District.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0336 (committee substitute) — source
- HB350ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102118D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) — 28–12 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 9-N) — 11–9 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102118D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2022-01-18 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2022-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 2022-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-10 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
- 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2022-02-28 Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-02 Passed by temporarily
- 2022-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-02 Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
passage - 2022-03-02 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2022-03-02 Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
passage - 2022-03-07 Enrolled
- 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-08 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 336 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03517fe6-712e-4068-8202-e48b42693982. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).