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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records."
+description: "Clarifies that while information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall not be subject to disclosure to the public under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), such information shall not be deemed confidential. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 921"
+citation: "Virginia SB 921 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Housing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-01-19"
+last_action: "2018-03-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e68611b-747e-4a00-a9ec-1970c5fa9a4d"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB921"
+source_hash: "5e2abc29084cb348e53c0f3ec515243ecc7888d4c560e38b589ccd5c4d766119"
+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 921 (2018) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records.
+
+Clarifies that while information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall not be subject to disclosure to the public under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), such information shall not be deemed confidential. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB921ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB921ER)
+2. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106449D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB921S1)
+3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104762D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB921)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **12–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 18104762D `introduction`
+- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-08** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2018-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 18106449D-S1
+- **2018-02-08** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB921S1
+- **2018-02-14** Placed on Calendar
+- **2018-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
+- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
+- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
+- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 92 (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/4e68611b-747e-4a00-a9ec-1970c5fa9a4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+