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| Bill | Escape from jail or custody; penalty. | Escape from jail or custody; penalty. Specifies that the definition of law-enforcement officer that currently applies for the crime of assault and battery of a law-enforcement officer shall be used for the purposes of the crimes related to escaping from jail or custody of a law-enforcement officer. This bill is identical to SB 861. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2406 | Virginia HB 2406 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2406 (2025) — Escape from jail or custody; penalty.
Escape from jail or custody; penalty. Specifies that the definition of law-enforcement officer that currently applies for the crime of assault and battery of a law-enforcement officer shall be used for the purposes of the crimes related to escaping from jail or custody of a law-enforcement officer. This bill is identical to SB 861.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Phillip A. Scott — primary (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Earley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100236D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-01-09 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2406)
- 2025-01-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2406)
- 2025-01-28 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2025-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-14 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-14 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2406ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2406)
- 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 38 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31125a34-88a1-4796-9dc3-c6869fc8fdd9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).