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type: "Bill"
title: "Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 317"
citation: "Virginia HB 317 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Pope Adams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59a57d6b-147d-4e1a-ae57-b9ff2e6087c3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB317"
source_hash: "a30ec191bf6d7605a80bd6656cd7e1d079dfd5df9e5fb3b777e9885e1051850f"
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 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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083810.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216367.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148798.PDF)
4. **Criminal Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142910.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191140.PDF)
## Votes
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **130** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **210** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **100** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **150** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59a57d6b-147d-4e1a-ae57-b9ff2e6087c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).