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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Admission to bail; act of violence."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 424"
citation: "Virginia SB 424 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a94b459-bcb9-4dc0-ac66-153c5ff4e1e9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB424"
source_hash: "42aedd5e6b3646a9100a1716d1d45bea05d9bff40b7e00ea70fff1de165a40ba"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0243)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107462D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB424S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103149D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB424)
4. **SB424ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB424ER)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a94b459-bcb9-4dc0-ac66-153c5ff4e1e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).