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type: "Bill"
title: "Protective order; violation of provisions, venue."
description: "Violation of provisions of protective order;venue. Provides that a violation of a protective order may beprosecuted in the jurisdiction where the protective order was issuedor in any county or city where any act constituting the violationof the protective order occurred. If multiple acts constituting theviolation of a protective order occur in multiple jurisdictions inthe Commonwealth, a court having jurisdiction over any single actshall have jurisdiction over all acts constituting the violationof the protective order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "Virginia HB 1181 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vivian E. Watts"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2774d4e0-067e-4ee0-81ae-834fab9ef644"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1181"
source_hash: "48236b76ef929d048ec3ae5b5282efbedf2d2d9a13c93c3ef529a9d342383484"
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 1181 (2020) — Protective order; violation of provisions, venue.
Violation of provisions of protective order;venue. Provides that a violation of a protective order may beprosecuted in the jurisdiction where the protective order was issuedor in any county or city where any act constituting the violationof the protective order occurred. If multiple acts constituting theviolation of a protective order occur in multiple jurisdictions inthe Commonwealth, a court having jurisdiction over any single actshall have jurisdiction over all acts constituting the violationof the protective order.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0487)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0487)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1181ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1181ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1181H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1181H1)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1181H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1181)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) — **52** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104217D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-26** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-05** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20107736D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20107736D-H1
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1181H1
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 487 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2774d4e0-067e-4ee0-81ae-834fab9ef644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).