HB 1070 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Prior conviction; procedure for use as element of offense charged.

Summary
Procedure for use of prior conviction as element of offense charged. Establishes a procedure for using a defendant's prior conviction to prove an element of an offense charged or to enhance the punishment for the offense charged.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action Mar 4, 2026
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What changed between versions

Courts of Justice Substitute Criminal Subcommittee Substitute · 1 edit
MINOR
The document appears to be a formatting and layout change rather than a substantive policy change. The text content of the legislative bill HB 1070 remains identical between the two versions, with only the visual formatting, spacing, and header information being modified. The actual legal provisions regarding prior adjudication procedures have not changed.
TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout changes including removal of date header 'OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 2/04/2026' and addition of 'HOUSE SUBSTITUTE' headers with line numbers and bill identifiers. The substantive legal text remains unchanged.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

4934
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 87
Feb 17, 2026
D Democratic52
49 Yea 3
94% Yea
R Republican35
34 Nay 1
97% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (60-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Sam Rasoul
Sam Rasoul
DDemocratic
VA
38