HB 787 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes.

Summary
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) simple assault or assault and battery where the victim was intentionally selected because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin; (ii) entering the property of another for purposes of damaging such property or its contents or interfering with the rights of the owner, user, or occupant where such property was intentionally selected because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the owner, user, or occupant; and (iii) various offenses that tend to cause violence.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Signed Apr 6, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Apr 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 747 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB787E
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102657D
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors