republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-350.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue."
description: "Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue. Removes provisions that allow certain crimes relating to threats and harassment to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if venue cannot otherwise be established and (i) the victim is the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia and (ii) such official or employee was threatened or harassed while engaged in the performance of his public duties or because of his position with the Commonwealth. The bill also removes provisions that allow threats to damage property to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if (a) venue cannot otherwise be established and (b) the threatened property is owned by the Commonwealth and located in the Capitol District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 350"
citation: "Virginia HB 350 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas J. Freitas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03517fe6-712e-4068-8202-e48b42693982"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB350"
source_hash: "bfae43fbdcff007e56164ef89a1a9a922856afcfce54202d3c88f2fcc5c4f8bd"
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 350 (2022) — Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue.

Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue. Removes provisions that allow certain crimes relating to threats and harassment to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if venue cannot otherwise be established and (i) the victim is the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia and (ii) such official or employee was threatened or harassed while engaged in the performance of his public duties or because of his position with the Commonwealth. The bill also removes provisions that allow threats to damage property to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if (a) venue cannot otherwise be established and (b) the threatened property is owned by the Commonwealth and located in the Capitol District.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0336** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0336)
2. **HB350ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB350ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102118D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB350)

## Votes

- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) — **8–7** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — **52–46** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 9-N) — **11–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102118D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 336 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03517fe6-712e-4068-8202-e48b42693982`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).