republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-424.md

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Bill	Admission to bail; act of violence.	Admission to bail; act of violence. Provides that a judicial officer who admits a person to bail who is charged with an act of violence shall notify the attorney for the Commonwealth for the jurisdiction in which such person's case is filed either before or simultaneous with such person's grant of bail or release. The bill provides that such notice may be made by facsimile or other electronic means.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 424	Virginia SB 424 (2024)	bill		enacted	Ryan T. McDougle	4	33	9	2024-01-09	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/2a94b459-bcb9-4dc0-ac66-153c5ff4e1e9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB424	42aedd5e6b3646a9100a1716d1d45bea05d9bff40b7e00ea70fff1de165a40ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 424 (2024) — Admission to bail; act of violence.

Admission to bail; act of violence. Provides that a judicial officer who admits a person to bail who is charged with an act of violence shall notify the attorney for the Commonwealth for the jurisdiction in which such person's case is filed either before or simultaneous with such person's grant of bail or release. The bill provides that such notice may be made by facsimile or other electronic means.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0243 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107462D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103149D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB424ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 0-N 6-A) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N) — 29–10 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
• David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103149D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 0-N 6-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107462D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24107462D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB424S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-12 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2024-02-28 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB424ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 243 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a94b459-bcb9-4dc0-ac66-153c5ff4e1e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).