republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-102.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arrest warrant; offenses committed during a close pursuit."
description: "Criminal acts committed during a close pursuit; arrest warrant. Provides that if a law-enforcement officer makes an arrest without a warrant when in close pursuit and such arrest is made beyond the boundary of the county or city from which the arrestee fled, then the law-enforcement officer shall procure a warrant from the magistrate serving the county or city wherein the arrest was made, charging the accused with the offense committed in the county or city from which he fled and any offense committed during the close pursuit in the county or city where such offense was committed. Under current law, such officer would not be able to obtain a warrant from the magistrate serving the county or city wherein the arrest was made for a criminal act committed during the close pursuit beyond the boundary of the county or city from which the arrestee fled."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 102"
citation: "Virginia SB 102 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e9e3711-c244-48b0-8252-f7681ea49e1d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB102"
source_hash: "630b42ecb66fafaf557b3c50e79a7244851a8538e10485358cf01c6ecd6008df"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 102 (2022) — Arrest warrant; offenses committed during a close pursuit.

Criminal acts committed during a close pursuit; arrest warrant. Provides that if a law-enforcement officer makes an arrest without a warrant when in close pursuit and such arrest is made beyond the boundary of the county or city from which the arrestee fled, then the law-enforcement officer shall procure a warrant from the magistrate serving the county or city wherein the arrest was made, charging the accused with the offense committed in the county or city from which he fled and any offense committed during the close pursuit in the county or city where such offense was committed. Under current law, such officer would not be able to obtain a warrant from the magistrate serving the county or city wherein the arrest was made for a criminal act committed during the close pursuit beyond the boundary of the county or city from which the arrestee fled.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0326** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0326)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102857D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB102)
3. **SB102ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB102ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 14-N) — **83–14** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (15-Y 5-N) — **15–5** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102857D `introduction`
- **2022-01-06** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023
- **2022-02-28** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (15-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-03-07** Passed House with amendments (84-Y 14-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Passage (84-Y 14-N)
- **2022-03-08** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **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 326 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e9e3711-c244-48b0-8252-f7681ea49e1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).