Virginia House Bill 350 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue. Removes provisions that allow certain crimes relating to threats and harassment to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if venue cannot otherwise be established and (i) the victim is the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia and (ii) such official or employee was threatened or harassed while engaged in the performance of his public duties or because of his position with the Commonwealth. The bill also removes provisions that allow threats to damage property to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if (a) venue cannot otherwise be established and (b) the threatened property is owned by the Commonwealth and located in the Capitol District. Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue. Removes provisions that allow certain crimes relating to threats and harassment to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if venue cannot otherwise be established and (i) the victim is the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia and (ii) such official or employee was threatened or harassed while engaged in the performance of his public duties or because of his position with the Commonwealth. The bill also removes provisions that allow threats to damage property to be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if (a) venue cannot otherwise be established and (b) the threatened property is owned by the Commonwealth and located in the Capitol District.

Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

2022-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) (Y: 28 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) (Y: 53 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 9-N) (Y: 11 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-19 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 336 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-07	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB350ER)
2022-03-07	House	Enrolled
2022-03-02	Senate	Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
2022-03-02	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
2022-03-02	Senate	Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
2022-03-02	Senate	Read third time
2022-03-02	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2022-03-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-28	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N)
2022-02-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2022-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2022-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
2022-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
2022-02-10	House	Read second time and engrossed
2022-02-09	House	Read first time
2022-02-07	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 9-N)
2022-01-19	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2022-01-18	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102118D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	152.7:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	430	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	60	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	60.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	83	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB350
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB350+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB350ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0336+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0801V0001+HB0350
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H08V0058+HB0350
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0706+HB0350
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S03V0248+HB0350
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0656HB0350+HB0350
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0698HB0350+HB0350
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0700HB0350+HB0350
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0701HB0350+HB0350