All Roll Calls
Yes: 138 • No: 81
VirginiaSB7782025 Regular SessionSenate
Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency, when and how child may be taken into immediate custody.
Sponsored By: Mamie E. Locke (Democratic)
To Governor
Summary
Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency; penalty. Specifies that a delinquent child is a child 11 years of age or older who has committed a delinquent act. Currently, there is no minimum age for a child to be adjudicated delinquent. The bill provides that if a juvenile younger than 11 years of age is found to have committed an act that would be delinquent if committed by a child 11 years of age or older, the juvenile shall not be proceeded upon as delinquent; however, the court may make any orders of disposition authorized for a child in need of services or a child in need of supervision. The bill also provides that any funding that is available to provide services to a child 11 years of age or older who is proceeded upon as delinquent shall also be made available to a child younger than 11 years of age who is found to have committed an act that would be delinquent if committed by a child 11 years of age or older in order to provide such child the same services. The bill includes in the definition of "child in need of services" a child younger than 11 years of age who has committed an act that would be delinquent if committed by a child 11 years of age or older. The bill adds that a child may be taken into immediate custody when such child is alleged to be in need of services or supervision and there is a clear and substantial danger to the child's life or health or the safety of the child's family or the public. Finally, the bill includes in the offense of causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent, abused, etc., any person 18 years of age or older, including the parent of any child, who willfully contributes to, encourages, or causes any act, omission, or condition that (i) causes a child younger than 11 years of age to commit an act that would be delinquent if committed by a child 11 years of age or older or (ii) causes any child to participate in or become a member of a criminal street gang in violation of existing law. Under the bill, any person who commits such offense is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Mamie E. Locke
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/13/2025
Passed House
Yes: 51 • No: 46
House vote • 2/10/2025
Reported from Courts of Justice
Yes: 12 • No: 9
House vote • 2/5/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting
Yes: 5 • No: 3 • Other: 1
Senate vote • 1/22/2025
Read third time and passed Senate
Yes: 21 • No: 18 • Other: 1
Senate vote • 1/17/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading)
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/15/2025
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute
Yes: 9 • No: 5
Actions Timeline
Senate sustained Governor's veto
4/2/2025SenatePassed by for the day
4/2/2025SenateVetoed by Governor
3/25/2025GovernorGovernor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/3/2025GovernorEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
3/3/2025SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB778)
2/20/2025SenateSigned by President
2/20/2025SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB778ER)
2/18/2025SenateEnrolled
2/18/2025SenateSigned by Speaker
2/18/2025HousePassed House (51-Y 46-N)
2/13/2025HouseRead third time
2/13/2025HouseRead second time
2/12/2025HouseReported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 9-N)
2/10/2025HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2/5/2025HouseRead first time
2/4/2025HouseAssigned Courts sub: Criminal
2/4/2025HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2/4/2025HousePlaced on Calendar
2/4/2025HouseFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB778)
1/27/2025SenateRead third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 1-A)
1/22/2025SenateFloor substitute printed 25105475D-S2 (Locke)
1/21/2025SenateEngrossed by Senate - floor substitute
1/21/2025SenateSenator Locke, Mamie E. Substitute agreed to
1/21/2025SenateReading of substitute waived
1/21/2025Senate
Bill Text
Veto Explanation
3/24/2025
Enrolled
2/18/2025
Substitute
1/21/2025
Substitute
1/16/2025
Introduced
12/24/2024
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