HB 2236 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Va. Criminal Sentencing Commission; use of Virginia crime code in documents for jailable offenses.

Summary

Use of Virginia crime code in documents for jailable offenses; Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Provides that the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall develop, maintain, and modify the Virginia crime codes used in documents for jailable offenses as may be deemed necessary. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill formalizes the official publication of HB 2236 as Chapter 402 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content regarding Virginia crime code requirements for jailable offenses remains unchanged from the enrolled version.

TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout changes only. The bill text was converted from the enrolled version to the chaptered format, adding chapter number (402), approval date (March 24, 2025), and adjusting line breaks and spacing for official publication. No substantive policy, legal, or operational changes were made to the crime code requirements or commission responsibilities.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 11, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 24, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2236ER)

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A)

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 18, 2025

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Criminal

lower

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors