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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Two-way video testimony; forensic analysis and examination."
+description: "Two-way video testimony; forensic analysis and examination."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1257"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1257 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Benton \"Ben\" Chafin"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-10"
+last_action: "2017-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5399c72d-722a-4f28-a7d9-7ef049a616a7"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1257"
+source_hash: "a841998ef1e54084ff0bc34a1aab200f80cdbce90638c0f657e17eb6ff43fcab"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 1257 (2017) — Two-way video testimony; forensic analysis and examination.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0669)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0669)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1257ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1257ER)
+3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101214D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1257)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **33–7** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **12–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101214D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-22** Passed House (98-Y 2-N) `passage`
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 669 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5399c72d-722a-4f28-a7d9-7ef049a616a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+