republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-317.md

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Bill	Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties.	Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties. Adds the intentional destruction of or damage to any fixture, equipment, or information technology system that is used to provide, process, transmit, or maintain public services, public utilities, cable television, broadband, or other critical infrastructure, as defined in relevant law, to the existing offense of damage or trespass to public services or utilities. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill incorporates HB 769 and is identical to SB 743.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 317	Virginia HB 317 (2026)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Pope Adams	5	35	7	2026-01-09	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/59a57d6b-147d-4e1a-ae57-b9ff2e6087c3	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB317	a30ec191bf6d7605a80bd6656cd7e1d079dfd5df9e5fb3b777e9885e1051850f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 317 (2026) — Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties.

Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties. Adds the intentional destruction of or damage to any fixture, equipment, or information technology system that is used to provide, process, transmit, or maintain public services, public utilities, cable television, broadband, or other critical infrastructure, as defined in relevant law, to the existing offense of damage or trespass to public services or utilities. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill incorporates HB 769 and is identical to SB 743.

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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Criminal Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kimberly Pope Adams — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104279D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-01-12 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/12/2026 11:09 am)
• 2026-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB317)
• 2026-02-10 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Incorporates HB769 (Herring)
• 2026-02-13 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107740D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB317)
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-27 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/2/2026 9:16 am)
• 2026-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB317ER) passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB317)
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 105 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0105)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59a57d6b-147d-4e1a-ae57-b9ff2e6087c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).