republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-740.md

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Bill	Catalytic converters; tampering with, etc., penalty.	Catalytic converters; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to commit larceny of a catalytic converter or the parts thereof from a motor vehicle, regardless of the converter's value. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to willfully break, injure, tamper with, or remove any part or parts of any vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel for the purpose of injuring, defacing, or destroying said vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, or temporarily or permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or without the consent of the owner, or to in any other manner willfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the running or operation of such vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, when such violation causes damage to such vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel of $1,000 or more. Current law makes such violation a Class 1 misdemeanor with no limit on the amount of damage. Under the bill, the penalty for damage of less than $1,000 remains a Class 1 misdemeanor.Additionally, the bill requires that the copies of the documentation that scrap metal purchasers are required to maintain for purchases of catalytic converters or the parts thereof (i) establish that the person from whom they purchased the catalytic converter or the parts thereof had lawful possession of it at the time of sale or delivery and (ii) detail the scrap metal purchaser's diligent inquiry into whether the person selling had a legal right to do so. The bill also requires that such documentation be maintained for at least two years after the purchase and that copies be made available upon request to any law-enforcement officer, conservator of the peace, or special conservator of the peace in the performance of his duties who presents his credentials at the scrap metal purchaser's normal business location during normal business hours.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 740	Virginia HB 740 (2022)	bill		enacted	Robert B. Bell	6	52	11	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/ae369976-7a1f-4dca-9d36-f0e4f2c1cf1d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB740	0e3aaf1fe0698cc0c3b146611b6e1d22034ab8b02a4536035b8796e3afafed9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 740 (2022) — Catalytic converters; tampering with, etc., penalty.

Catalytic converters; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to commit larceny of a catalytic converter or the parts thereof from a motor vehicle, regardless of the converter's value. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to willfully break, injure, tamper with, or remove any part or parts of any vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel for the purpose of injuring, defacing, or destroying said vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, or temporarily or permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or without the consent of the owner, or to in any other manner willfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the running or operation of such vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, when such violation causes damage to such vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel of $1,000 or more. Current law makes such violation a Class 1 misdemeanor with no limit on the amount of damage. Under the bill, the penalty for damage of less than $1,000 remains a Class 1 misdemeanor.Additionally, the bill requires that the copies of the documentation that scrap metal purchasers are required to maintain for purchases of catalytic converters or the parts thereof (i) establish that the person from whom they purchased the catalytic converter or the parts thereof had lawful possession of it at the time of sale or delivery and (ii) detail the scrap metal purchaser's diligent inquiry into whether the person selling had a legal right to do so. The bill also requires that such documentation be maintained for at least two years after the purchase and that copies be made available upon request to any law-enforcement officer, conservator of the peace, or special conservator of the peace in the performance of his duties who presents his credentials at the scrap metal purchaser's normal business location during normal business hours.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0664 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105516D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106767D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference substitute printed 22107947D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB740ER (committee substitute) — source
6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101167D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 38-N) — 56–38 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Rejected (6-Y 91-N) — 6–90 (fail) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N) — 68–30 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 4-N) — 16–4 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101167D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-01-14 Impact statement from VCSC (HB740)
• 2022-01-27 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-01-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22105516D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-08 Impact statement from VCSC (HB740H1)
• 2022-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB740H1)
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22105516D-H1
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB740H1
• 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N)
• 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-21 Committee substitute printed 22106767D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-21 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB740S1)
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 22106767D-S1
• 2022-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB740S1
• 2022-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-08 Senate substitute rejected by House 22106767D-S1 (6-Y 91-N)
• 2022-03-08 VOTE: Rejected (6-Y 91-N)
• 2022-03-09 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-09 Senate requested conference committee
• 2022-03-10 House acceded to request
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2022-03-12 Amended by conference committee
• 2022-03-12 Conference substitute printed 22107947D-H2
• 2022-03-12 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 38-N)
• 2022-03-12 VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 38-N)
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB740H2)
• 2022-03-21 Enrolled
• 2022-03-21 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB740ER)
• 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
• 2022-03-22 Impact statement from VCSC (HB740H2)
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 664 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae369976-7a1f-4dca-9d36-f0e4f2c1cf1d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).