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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N) — 120 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (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).