republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1443.md

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Bill	Trial by jury; contact with jurors after trial prohibited, penalty.	Trial by jury; contact with jurors after trialprohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any party,other than counsel for any party to the litigation or the press, whoknowingly and intentionally contacts a juror after a jury trial unlesssuch party has received an order from the court that oversaw suchtrial permitting such contact. The bill provides that a pro se defendant must obtain such order, and that the court shall prescribe the mannerof contact that any such party is allowed to have with a juror.The bill also provides that a violation of such court order is a Class 1 misdemeanor.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1443	Virginia HB 1443 (2024)	bill		enacted	Will Davis	5	48	10	2024-01-18	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/8eedc56f-85c2-4c04-a667-b01fb7ec69ae	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1443	f4759fe1e660569ce8d7c70da9d4a1567ac60b400c164a2d80e61d6f4aa0ed81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1443 (2024) — Trial by jury; contact with jurors after trial prohibited, penalty.

Trial by jury; contact with jurors after trialprohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any party,other than counsel for any party to the litigation or the press, whoknowingly and intentionally contacts a juror after a jury trial unlesssuch party has received an order from the court that oversaw suchtrial permitting such contact. The bill provides that a pro se defendant must obtain such order, and that the court shall prescribe the mannerof contact that any such party is allowed to have with a juror.The bill also provides that a violation of such court order is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0561 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106828D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Conference substitute printed 24109066D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1443ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Presented and ordered printed 24105139D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — 1–98 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Will Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 24105139D introduction
• 2024-01-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 Committee substitute printed 24106828D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1443)
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1443H1)
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 24106828D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1443H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate amendments rejected by House (1-Y 99-N) amendment-failure
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
• 2024-03-06 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-06 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-07 House acceded to request
• 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-07 Delegates: Reaser, Keys-Gamarra, Davis
• 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-07 Senators: Deeds, Perry, McDougle
• 2024-03-09 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-09 Conference substitute printed 24109066D-H2
• 2024-03-09 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-09 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-09 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1443H2)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1443ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1443ER)
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8eedc56f-85c2-4c04-a667-b01fb7ec69ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).