Virginia House Bill 2208 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 26-0)
Status: Failed on February 25 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-02-25 - Failed to pass in House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Hate crimes and discrimination; anti-Semitism; penalties. Provides that as used in the Code of Virginia, "race," "religion," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "racial, religious, or ethnic animosity" shall include animosity toward the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "race," "religious conviction," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; and "race," "religion," or "ethnic and national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity. Hate crimes and discrimination; anti-Semitism; penalties. Provides that as used in the Code of Virginia, "race," "religion," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "racial, religious, or ethnic animosity" shall include animosity toward the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "race," "religious conviction," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; and "race," "religion," or "ethnic and national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity.

Jewish faith or ethnicity; addressing discrimination against persons.

Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]
Del. Robert Bloxom [R]	Del. Ellen Campbell [R]	Del. Mike Cherry [R]	Del. AC Cordoza [R]
Sen. Tara Durant [R]	Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Karen Greenhalgh [R]
Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Keith Hodges [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]
Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Phillip Scott [R]	Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]	Del. Kim Taylor [R]
Del. Otto Wachsmann [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]
Del. Wren Williams [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

2023-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (16-Y 78-N) (Y: 16 N: 78 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [FAIL]
2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [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 (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) (Y: 98 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Agreed to (52-Y 48-N) (Y: 52 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-25	House	Failed to pass in House
2023-02-25	House	No further action taken
2023-02-23	Senate	Senators: Edwards, Surovell, Reeves
2023-02-23	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2023-02-23	House	Delegates: Kilgore, Bell, Filler-Corn
2023-02-23	House	Conferees appointed by House
2023-02-23	House	House acceded to request
2023-02-23	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2023-02-23	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-22	House	VOTE: REJECTED (16-Y 78-N)
2023-02-22	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 23107018D-S1 (16-Y 78-N)
2023-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2208S1
2023-02-21	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23107018D-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 23107018D-S1
2023-02-15	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2208H1
2023-02-06	House	Substitute by Delegate Simon ruled out of order 23106370D-H2
2023-02-06	House	VOTE: Agreed to (52-Y 48-N)
2023-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23106191D-H1 (52-Y 48-N)
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-06	House	Floor substitute printed 23106370D-H2 (Simon)
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-03	House	Committee substitute printed 23106191D-H1
2023-02-03	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103994D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	121	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	57	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3902	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	42.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	49.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2208
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2208+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2208H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2208H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2208S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105990D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23106191D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2208F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2208F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2208FH2160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2208FH2122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2208FS1160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2208FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0198+HB2208
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0138+HB2208
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1470+HB2208
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1634+HB2208
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0277+HB2208
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0429+HB2208
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0630HB2208+HB2208
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0679HB2208+HB2208
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2237+HB2208
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0821HB2208+HB2208