republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1154.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Terrorist organization, designated; providing material support, penalty."
description: "Provides that any person who knowingly provides any material support to an individual or organization whose primary objective is to commit an act of terrorism and does so with the intent to further such objective is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the provision of such material support results in the death of any person, the penalty is increased to a Class 2 felony. The bill also expands the definition of an act of terrorism to include an act committed outside the Commonwealth that would meet the definition of an act of violence if such act were committed within the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1154"
citation: "Virginia SB 1154 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Crimes and Offenses Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7866db7-ce58-4953-a8ef-5a3dd28682c3"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1154"
source_hash: "595b051f1b7ac21240dd73ba60d360031c95d19a723f10bad04baae6e611c55f"
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 SB 1154 (2017) — Terrorist organization, designated; providing material support, penalty.

Provides that any person who knowingly provides any material support to an individual or organization whose primary objective is to commit an act of terrorism and does so with the intent to further such objective is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the provision of such material support results in the death of any person, the penalty is increased to a Class 2 felony. The bill also expands the definition of an act of terrorism to include an act committed outside the Commonwealth that would meet the definition of an act of violence if such act were committed within the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0668)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0668)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105275D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1154H1)
3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1154ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1154ER)
4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104307D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1154S1)
5. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100346D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1154)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute with amendments agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute with amendments BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
- Janet D. Howell (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100346D `introduction`
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17104307D-S1
- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1154S1
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Incorporates SB1052 (Howell)
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Assigned App. sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Committee substitute agreed to 17105275D-H1
- **2017-02-15** Amendments by Delegate Albo agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments SB1154H1
- **2017-02-15** Passed House with substitute with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Title replaced 17105275D-H1
- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 668 (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/f7866db7-ce58-4953-a8ef-5a3dd28682c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).