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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Search warrant for a tracking device; delivery of affidavit."
+description: "Provides that an affidavit for a search warrant authorizing use of a tracking device may be delivered by a judicial officer's designee or agent. Current law requires the affidavit to be delivered by the judicial officer. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 145"
+citation: "Virginia HB 145 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Oaths", "Affirmations and Bonds"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Carroll Foy"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-12-19"
+last_action: "2018-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be1bd5c-9f0f-4291-8915-8c9c9088c6ca"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB145"
+source_hash: "c168694045f76f5fb731e4d4707e84eaee756a743b9a2bbc03b12462e9e58733"
+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 HB 145 (2018) — Search warrant for a tracking device; delivery of affidavit.
+
+Provides that an affidavit for a search warrant authorizing use of a tracking device may be delivered by a judicial officer's designee or agent. Current law requires the affidavit to be delivered by the judicial officer. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB145ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB145ER)
+2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18106182D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB145H1)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101512D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB145)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101512D `introduction`
+- **2017-12-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 18106182D-H1
+- **2018-02-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB145H1
+- **2018-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2018-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
+- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
+- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
+- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be1bd5c-9f0f-4291-8915-8c9c9088c6ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+