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type: "Bill"
title: "Va. Criminal Sentencing Commission; use of Virginia crime code in documents for jailable offenses."
description: "Use of Virginia crime code in documents for jailable offenses; Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Provides that the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall develop, maintain, and modify the Virginia crime codes used in documents for jailable offenses as may be deemed necessary. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2236"
citation: "Virginia HB 2236 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rae Cousins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1b99128-b00b-4a84-b1f8-6807569868b3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2236"
source_hash: "f0cbfff2a63fa333e90868df1e7a479927f300c9e669598c2c824b06771dead1"
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 2236 (2025) — Va. Criminal Sentencing Commission; use of Virginia crime code in documents for jailable offenses.
Use of Virginia crime code in documents for jailable offenses; Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Provides that the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall develop, maintain, and modify the Virginia crime codes used in documents for jailable offenses as may be deemed necessary. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015666.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074208.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050228.PDF)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rae Cousins — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104168D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2236)
- **2025-01-18** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2236ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2236)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0402)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1b99128-b00b-4a84-b1f8-6807569868b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).