Virginia House Bill 2372 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Possession, purchase, or sale of catalytic converters; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to sell, offer for sale, or purchase a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle, except when such sale, offer for sale, or purchase is made to or by a scrap metal purchaser that has adhered to the required compliance provisions. The bill provides that a judge or jury may make a permissive inference that a person who is in possession of a catalytic converter that has been removed from a motor vehicle is presumed to have criminally obtained such catalytic converter unless the person is an authorized agent or employee acting in the performance of his official duties for a motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle garage or repair shop, or salvage yard that is licensed or registered by the Commonwealth or a person who possesses vehicle registration documentation indicating that the catalytic converter in the person's possession is the result of a replacement of a catalytic converter from a vehicle registered in that person's name.

Catalytic converters; unlawful possession, purchase, or sale, penalty.

Del. Scott Wyatt [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]	Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]
Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]

2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (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 (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N) (Y: 75 N: 24 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 4-N) (Y: 16 N: 4 NV: 0 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
2023-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)
2023-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2372ER)
2023-02-24	House	Enrolled
2023-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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	Reported from Judiciary (14-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 (75-Y 24-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2372H1
2023-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23105402D-H1
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-03	House	Committee substitute printed 23105402D-H1
2023-02-03	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 4-N)
2023-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-16	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-16	House	Presented and ordered printed 23104283D

SB1135 (Same As) 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0091)
SB1135 (Same As) 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0091)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	146	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	146.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	136.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	136.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2372
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2372+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2372H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2372ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0090+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105402D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23105402D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2372F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2372F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2372FH1160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2372FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2372FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0187+HB2372
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0124+HB2372
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1646+HB2372
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0248+HB2372
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0433+HB2372
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0630HB2372+HB2372
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0679HB2372+HB2372