republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2064.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assault and battery against a family or household member; eligibility for first offender status."
description: "Precludes a person who has been convicted of any felony defined as an act of violence from being eligible for first offender status for assault and battery against a family or household member unless the attorney for the Commonwealth does not object to the person being placed on first offender status. Under current law, only prior convictions for assault and battery against a family or household member serve as a disqualifier."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2064"
citation: "Virginia HB 2064 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d9e5f0e-a6e3-4002-b050-e90de22ec6f8"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2064"
source_hash: "f83a1de2917a7093529e21529c8f9b09aa33240ad3fcc980ef2f0cce77287a62"
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 2064 (2017) — Assault and battery against a family or household member; eligibility for first offender status.

Precludes a person who has been convicted of any felony defined as an act of violence from being eligible for first offender status for assault and battery against a family or household member unless the attorney for the Commonwealth does not object to the person being placed on first offender status. Under current law, only prior convictions for assault and battery against a family or household member serve as a disqualifier.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0621)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0621)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2064ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2064ER)
3. **House: Conference substitute printed 17105789D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2064H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102624D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2064)
5. **House: Printed as engrossed 17102624D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2064E)

## Votes

- Senate amendment rejected by House — **0–99** (fail) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate insisted on amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by House — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102624D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2064E
- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17102624D-E
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-02-15** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2017-02-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2017-02-17** Motion to reconsider pass by for the day agreed to
- **2017-02-17** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
- **2017-02-21** Senate requested conference committee
- **2017-02-22** House acceded to request
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2017-02-24** Conference substitute printed 17105789D-H1
- **2017-02-24** Passed by temporarily
- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 621 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d9e5f0e-a6e3-4002-b050-e90de22ec6f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).