| VA | SB369 | Engross 50% | Maiming, killing, or poisoning companion animals; penalty. Makes it a Class 5 felony for any person to maliciously shoot, stab, or wound, or otherwise cause bodily injury to, or administer poison to or expose poison with intent that it be taken by, a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | SB442 | Engross 50% | Computer trespass; elementary and secondary schools; school board; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony for the offense of computer trespass when such offense is committed against any public, private, or religious elementary or secondary school or any ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | SB384 | Engross 50% | Human smuggling; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person who, with the intent to obtain a pecuniary benefit, knowingly and with the intent to evade the immigration laws of the United States uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB158 | Engross 50% | Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1263 | Engross 50% | Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations court related to prose... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | HB195 | Engross 50% | Gaming in the Commonwealth; prohibition on use Gaming in the Commonwealth; prohibition on use of term "casino" by non-casino gaming operators; civil penalties. Prohibits any applicant for licensure or any person licensed or permitted to conduct chari... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21 Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 7-N 1-A) |
| VA | HB697 | Engross 50% | Synthetic media; penalty. Expands the applicability of provisions related to defamation, slander, and libel to include synthetic media, defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to use any synthetic media for the pur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB774 | Engross 50% | Alcohol safety action program; local administrative fee. Provides that any county, city, or town, or any combination thereof, that has established and operates an alcohol safety action program and supplements fees collected for the program pursuant t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To Senate Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB113 | Engross 50% | Possession, purchase, or transportation of handgun by persons convicted of certain drug offenses and operating a boat or vehicle while intoxicated prohibited; penalty. Provides that any person who within a five-year period has been convicted of two m... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB643 | Engross 50% | Penalties for failure to appear; contempt. Provides that any person (i) charged with a felony offense or misdemeanor offense or (ii) convicted of a felony offense or misdemeanor offense and execution of sentence is suspended who willfully fails to ap... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 Chair votes No |
| VA | SB712 | Engross 50% | Release of hunting dogs; state highway or right-of-way. Creates a Class 3 misdemeanor for the intentional release of hunting dogs on a Department of Transportation right-of-way or on a highway owned or maintained by the Department of Transportation t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 Chair votes No |
| VA | SB57 | Engross 50% | Carrying a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaurant; penalty. Makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person, except for active and qualified retired law-enforcement officers, to carry a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaura... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) |
| VA | SB211 | Engross 50% | Violation of protective orders; venue. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a violation of a protective order charge in the jurisdiction where the person at whom the violative conduct was directed resided at the time of such conduct. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB332 | Engross 50% | Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) |