Virginia House Bill 1885 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 34-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Organized retail theft; report; penalty. Establishes the crime of organized retail theft that makes it a Class 3 felony for any person who conspires or acts in concert with another person to commit simple larceny of retail property from one or more retail mercantile establishments, with a value exceeding $5,000 aggregated over a 90-day period, with the intent to sell such retail property for monetary or other gain, and who takes or causes such retail property to be placed in the control of a retail property fence or other person and either (i) receives or possesses any retail property that has been obtained by simple larceny from one or more retail mercantile establishments while knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the property was unlawfully obtained or (ii) conspires or acts in concert with two or more other persons as an organizer, supervisor, financier, leader, or manager to engage for profit in a scheme or course of conduct to effectuate the transfer or sale of property obtained by simple larceny from one or more retail mercantile establishments. The bill defines the terms retail mercantile establishment, retail property, and retail property fence. The bill also establishes the Organized Retail Crime Fund to be administered by the Attorney General solely for the purposes of awarding grants to attorneys for the Commonwealth and law-enforcement agencies to investigate, indict, and prosecute violations of organized retail theft and associated fraud and property crimes.

Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty.

Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]
Del. Robert Bell [R]	Del. Robert Bloxom [R]	Sen. Emily Brewer [R]	Del. Ellen Campbell [R]
Del. Mike Cherry [R]	Del. AC Cordoza [R]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Sen. Tara Durant [R]
Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Karen Greenhalgh [R]
Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Keith Hodges [R]	Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]
Del. James Leftwich [R]	Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]	Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]
Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Phillip Scott [R]	Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]
Del. Kim Taylor [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]
Del. Wren Williams [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

2023-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption #2 (52-Y 45-N) (Y: 52 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N) (Y: 51 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N) (Y: 32 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 5-N) (Y: 15 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)
2023-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-13	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
2023-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2023-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-03-07	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1885ER)
2023-03-07	House	Enrolled
2023-02-22	House	VOTE: Adoption #2 (52-Y 45-N)
2023-02-22	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N)
2023-02-22	House	Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
2023-02-22	House	VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N)
2023-02-22	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106924D-S1 (51-Y 46-N)
2023-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N)
2023-02-21	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1885S1
2023-02-21	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23106924D-S1
2023-02-21	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-16	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2023-02-15	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-02-15	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23106924D-S1
2023-02-15	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
2023-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-06	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
2023-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
2023-02-03	House	Passed by for the day
2023-02-02	House	Read second time and engrossed
2023-02-01	House	Read first time
2023-01-30	House	Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N)
2023-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-27	House	Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
2023-01-27	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-27	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 5-N)
2023-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101037D

SB1396 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358)
SB1396 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	103.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	104.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	137	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	46.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	513	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	511.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1885
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1885+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1885S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1885ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0357+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1885F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1885F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1885FS1160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1885FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1885FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0154+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0093+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0207V0009+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H02V0039+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1442+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0259+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0452+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0630HB1885+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0700HB1885+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2224+HB1885
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2227+HB1885