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Bill	Protective orders; venue.	Violation of protective orders; venue. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a violation of a protective order charge in the jurisdiction where the party protected by the protective order resided at the time of such violation. This bill is identical to SB 211.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 895	Virginia HB 895 (2024)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker	4	27	6	2024-01-09	2024-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/28857d1d-92e1-410e-8885-fce3a182f3cf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB895	5e6d8459d95938ee97ae3bd1cd8dfd352c5fb7aa695af264daef145474f22ad1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 895 (2024) — Protective orders; venue.

Violation of protective orders; venue. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a violation of a protective order charge in the jurisdiction where the party protected by the protective order resided at the time of such violation. This bill is identical to SB 211.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0108 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105616D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB895ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100976D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100976D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-26 Committee substitute printed 24105616D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 24105616D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB895H1 substitution
• 2024-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB895ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 108 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-20 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0108)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28857d1d-92e1-410e-8885-fce3a182f3cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).