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type: "Bill"
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title: "Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case."
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description: "Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case. Requires a court to grant a motion to dismiss made by the Commonwealth, whether with or without prejudice, and with the consent of the defendant unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the motion was made as the result of (i) bribery or (ii) bias or prejudice toward a victim because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the victim. The bill provides that, upon the agreement of the Commonwealth and the defendant, a trial court may defer proceedings; defer entry of a conviction order, if none, or defer entry of a final order; and continue the case for final disposition, on such reasonable terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020specialI"
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identifier: "HB 5062"
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citation: "Virginia HB 5062 (2020specialI)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-08-18"
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last_action: "2020-10-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119136ee-c50e-45d4-98e9-aa4cdf05b5fb"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5062"
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source_hash: "7c59e1e7fb76469c07b18ffaaff346c51a6a6ac5e55d6f1fdf09aa79a8c4d657"
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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 5062 (2020specialI) — Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case.
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Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case. Requires a court to grant a motion to dismiss made by the Commonwealth, whether with or without prejudice, and with the consent of the defendant unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the motion was made as the result of (i) bribery or (ii) bias or prejudice toward a victim because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the victim. The bill provides that, upon the agreement of the Commonwealth and the defendant, a trial court may defer proceedings; defer entry of a conviction order, if none, or defer entry of a final order; and continue the case for final disposition, on such reasonable terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties.
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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 (CHAP0021)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0021)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5062ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5062S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062S3)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062S1)
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6. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062S2)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) — **31–9** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 1-N) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 39-N) — **53–39** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200387D `introduction`
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- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-08-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-09-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201196D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-09-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S1)
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- **2020-09-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-24** Committee substitute printed 20201254D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-09-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S2)
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- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-10-01** Judiciary Committee substitute rejected
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- **2020-10-01** Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute rejected
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- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-10-01** Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to
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- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5062S3
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- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) `passage`
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- **2020-10-01** Floor substitute printed 20201289D-S3 (Surovell)
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- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201289D-S3 (54-Y 39-N)
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- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 39-N)
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- **2020-10-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S3)
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- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
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- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-10-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB5062ER)
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- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
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- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
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- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 3/1/21) `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/119136ee-c50e-45d4-98e9-aa4cdf05b5fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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