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type: "Bill"
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title: "Grand larceny; increases threshold amount."
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description: "Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $500 to $1,000 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. This bill incorporates HB 263 and is identical to SB 788."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 995"
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citation: "Virginia HB 995 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joseph C. Lindsey"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52d0838b-6f1d-4449-a6bf-9ada22bb4a60"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB995"
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source_hash: "6755b488e2f8ca700b96651b017875afdd91b1311c70a87d661b1b2fb2f16852"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 995 (2020) — Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
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Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $500 to $1,000 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. This bill incorporates HB 263 and is identical to SB 788.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0089)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB995ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB995ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB995H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB995H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB995)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB995)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **26–14** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 6-N) — **13–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (7-Y 6-N) — **7–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N) — **4–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N 1-A) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103373D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB995)
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- **2020-01-23** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute printed 20106688D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-27** Incorporates HB263 (Lopez)
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- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 20106688D-H1
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- **2020-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB995H1
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- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N 1-A)
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- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB995H1)
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- **2020-02-12** Reported from Judiciary (7-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB995ER)
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- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
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- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
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- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 89 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52d0838b-6f1d-4449-a6bf-9ada22bb4a60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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