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type: "Bill"
title: "Defendant; notifying consequences criminal proceedings can have on immigration."
description: "Notifying defendant of consequences criminal proceedings can have on immigration. Requires that upon the defendant's first appearance for any misdemeanor or felony, the court shall advise the defendant of the following: The outcome of criminal proceedings may have federal immigration and naturalization consequences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2560"
citation: "Virginia HB 2560 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-12"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/368ac2e6-b44e-465a-b953-5634e439adcc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2560"
source_hash: "b38431707d6e8b35ce2d11dd092efa882e38c885a5c782c044513ac97a3d832a"
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 2560 (2025) — Defendant; notifying consequences criminal proceedings can have on immigration.
Notifying defendant of consequences criminal proceedings can have on immigration. Requires that upon the defendant's first appearance for any misdemeanor or felony, the court shall advise the defendant of the following: The outcome of criminal proceedings may have federal immigration and naturalization consequences.
## 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/1018896.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077138.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050529.HTML)
4. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1055794.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059268.PDF)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (92-Y 3-N) — **923** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **360** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 15-N) — **2315** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102656D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** Reading of amendment waived
- **2025-02-17** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Senate Amendment agreed to by House (92-Y 3-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2560ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 464 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/368ac2e6-b44e-465a-b953-5634e439adcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).