# Virginia HB2783: Placing Nazi symbols or emblems on certain property with intent to intimidate; penalty.

Virginia HB2783, Placing Nazi symbols or emblems on certain property with intent to intimidate; penalty., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Marcus B. Simon (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-04-02 (Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)) (as of 2026-10-17).

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- As of: 2026-10-17
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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB2783
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Placing Nazi symbols or emblems on certain property with intent to intimidate; penalty.
- Status: to governor
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Last action: 2025-04-02, Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- Sponsor: Marcus B. Simon (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 11 (562 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Placing Nazi symbol or emblem on certain property with intent to intimidate; penalty. Creates a Class 6 felony for any person who, with the intent of intimidating any person or group of persons, places a Hakenkreuz, hooked cross, or Nazi symbol or emblem, sometimes referred to as the Nazi swastika, on the private property of another without permission. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony if such Nazi symbol or emblem is placed on a highway or other public place in a manner having a direct tendency to place another person in reasonable fear or apprehension of death or bodily injury. Finally, the bill clarifies that such Nazi symbol or emblem does not include and is distinct from the sacred swastika word and symbol of peace and prosperity used by Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, or Native American religions.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Marcus B. Simon (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | House | House concurred in Governor's recommendation | pass | 95 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-14 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote | pass | 36 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-10 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice | pass | 20 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (53)

- 2025-04-02: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0673) (Governor)
- 2025-04-02: Reenrolled bill text (HB2783ER2) (House)
- 2025-04-02: Reenrolled (House)
- 2025-04-02: Enacted, Chapter 673 (Effective 07/01/25) (House)
- 2025-04-02: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled (House)
- 2025-04-02: Signed by President as reenrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Governor's recommendation adopted (Governor)
- 2025-04-02: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-03-24: Governor's recommendation received by House (Governor)
- 2025-03-24: Governor's substitute printed (HB2783H1) (House)
- 2025-03-20: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2783) (House)
- 2025-03-05: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor)
- 2025-03-05: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 (House)
- 2025-02-24: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2783) (House)
- 2025-02-23: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2783ER) (House)
- 2025-02-20: Enrolled (House)
- 2025-02-20: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-02-18: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2783) (House)
- 2025-02-18: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2783) (House)
- 2025-02-18: Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-14: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (36-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Floor substitute printed 25107522D-S4 (McDougle) (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Floor substitute printed 25107547D-S3 (Srinivasan) (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Senator McDougle, Ryan T. Substitute ruled out of order (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Senator Srinivasan, Kannan Substitute agreed to (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Finance and Appropriations Substitute rejected (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Courts of Justice Substitute rejected (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Read third time (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Reading of substitute waived (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Committee substitute printed 25107317D-S2 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Committee substitute printed 25107166D-S1 (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-04: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House)
- 2025-02-04: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-03: Read second time and engrossed (House)
- 2025-02-02: Read first time (House)
- 2025-01-31: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-31: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-28: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal (House)
- 2025-01-24: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2783) (House)
- 2025-01-23: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2783) (House)
- 2025-01-17: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (House)
- 2025-01-17: Presented and ordered printed 25105276D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079228.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079227.PDF)
- Reenrolled, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075171.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075170.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-03-25: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074522.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074521.PDF)
- Gov Recommendation, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073778.HTML)
- Enrolled, 2025-02-20: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059375.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059374.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-02-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052652.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052607.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052606.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052651.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-02-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047817.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048630.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047816.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048629.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047482.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047481.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-02-10: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045970.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045969.PDF)
- Introduced, 2025-01-17: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022894.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022893.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079228.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079227.PDF)
- [Reenrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075171.HTML)
- [Reenrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075170.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074522.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074521.PDF)
- [Gov Recommendation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073778.HTML)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059375.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059374.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052652.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052607.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052606.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052651.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047817.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048630.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047816.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048629.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047482.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047481.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045970.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045969.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022894.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022893.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2783-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).