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type: "Bill"
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title: "Appointment of counsel for accused; felonies punishable by mandatory minimum term of confinement."
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description: "Appointment of counsel for accused; felonies punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life. Provides that in any case in which an indigent defendant is charged with any felony punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life, the court shall appoint to represent the defendant two competent, qualified, and experienced attorneys, one of whom shall be from the public defender office if the defendant is charged in a jurisdiction in which a public defender office is established. The bill preserves the requirement under current law for the court to appoint two such attorneys in cases in which an indigent defendant is charged with a Class 1 felony."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2322"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2322 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Will Davis"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 16
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b55e2f5a-7235-446d-acf3-a6addbc3c243"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2322"
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source_hash: "618354e0b5e1dd2c4b339697aed3be0ea77aa25503466cf8adbee5e07154c9f2"
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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 2322 (2025) — Appointment of counsel for accused; felonies punishable by mandatory minimum term of confinement.
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Appointment of counsel for accused; felonies punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life. Provides that in any case in which an indigent defendant is charged with any felony punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life, the court shall appoint to represent the defendant two competent, qualified, and experienced attorneys, one of whom shall be from the public defender office if the defendant is charged in a jurisdiction in which a public defender office is established. The bill preserves the requirement under current law for the court to appoint two such attorneys in cases in which an indigent defendant is charged with a Class 1 felony.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015877.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071706.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067586.HTML)
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4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060747.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069256.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N) — **0–96** (fail) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Will Davis — primary (person)
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- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102394D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-18** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2322)
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- **2025-01-27** Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Committee substitute printed 25107687D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2322)
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- **2025-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-20** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
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- **2025-02-20** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20** House acceded to request
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2025-02-20** Delegates: Herring, Keys-Gamarra, Davis
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2025-02-20** Senators: Surovell, Carroll Foy, McDougle
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- **2025-02-22** Amended by conference committee
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2322ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2322)
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 170 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)
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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/b55e2f5a-7235-446d-acf3-a6addbc3c243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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