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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; protection of election officials, penalty."
description: "Elections; protection of election officials; penalty. Adds current or former status as an election official or employee of an election official to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense. The bill also adds current or former status as an election official or employee of an election official to the categories of hate crimes that are to be reported to the central repository of information regarding hate crimes maintained by the Virginia State Police. The bill provides that a person who is subjected to acts of intimidation or harassment, violence directed against his person, or vandalism to his real or personal property, where such acts are motivated by current or former status as an election official or employee of an election official, may bring a civil action to recover his damages. The bill also provides that no provider or user of an interactive computer service on the Internet shall be liable for any action voluntarily taken by it in good faith to restrict access to material that the provider or user considers to be intended to incite hatred on the basis of current or former status as an election official or employee of an election official. The bill also adds to the list of protected voters any election official or employee of an election official. Protected voters are permitted by law to provide on the application for voter registration, in addition to the voter's residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth, which would be the address included on (i) lists of registered voters and persons who voted, (ii) voter registration records made available for public inspection, and (iii) lists of absentee voter applicants. The bill also makes it a Class 5 felony to hinder or prevent an election official or employee of an election official from administering elections. Under current law, it is only a Class 5 felony to hinder or prevent an officer of election at a location being used for voting from holding an election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 364"
citation: "Virginia SB 364 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47553bf8-7dea-468f-85e3-353e5137b4dc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB364"
source_hash: "e0fe4b451b20ee0f1aeb5f05306fc7ca3f2969239ae59008d643d9d09cfef053"
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 364 (2024) — Elections; protection of election officials, penalty.
Elections; protection of election officials; penalty. Adds current or former status as an election official or employee of an election official to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense. The bill also adds current or former status as an election official or employee of an election official to the categories of hate crimes that are to be reported to the central repository of information regarding hate crimes maintained by the Virginia State Police. The bill provides that a person who is subjected to acts of intimidation or harassment, violence directed against his person, or vandalism to his real or personal property, where such acts are motivated by current or former status as an election official or employee of an election official, may bring a civil action to recover his damages. The bill also provides that no provider or user of an interactive computer service on the Internet shall be liable for any action voluntarily taken by it in good faith to restrict access to material that the provider or user considers to be intended to incite hatred on the basis of current or former status as an election official or employee of an election official. The bill also adds to the list of protected voters any election official or employee of an election official. Protected voters are permitted by law to provide on the application for voter registration, in addition to the voter's residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth, which would be the address included on (i) lists of registered voters and persons who voted, (ii) voter registration records made available for public inspection, and (iii) lists of absentee voter applicants. The bill also makes it a Class 5 felony to hinder or prevent an election official or employee of an election official from administering elections. Under current law, it is only a Class 5 felony to hinder or prevent an officer of election at a location being used for voting from holding an election.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0787** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0787)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107084D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB364S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108263D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB364H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104854D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB364)
5. **SB364ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB364ER)
6. **SB364ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB364ER2)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (7-Y 6-N 2-A) — **7–6** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) — **20–19** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104854D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Impact statement from VCSC (SB364)
- **2024-01-16** Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Rereferred to Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB364)
- **2024-02-05** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (7-Y 6-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute printed 24107084D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from VCSC (SB364S1)
- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB364S1)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107084D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB364S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-18** Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-29** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-03-01** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Committee substitute printed 24108263D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB364H1)
- **2024-03-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24108263D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB364H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-06** Passed House with substitute (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-07** Title replaced 24108263D-H1
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB364ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB364ER)
- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 47-N)
- **2024-04-17** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N)
- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (SB364ER2) `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 787 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47553bf8-7dea-468f-85e3-353e5137b4dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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