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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DNA analysis; conviction of certain crimes or similar ordinance of a locality."
+description: "Adds persons convicted of a violation of a local ordinance that is similar to certain crimes listed under current law to the list of persons from whom a blood, saliva, or tissue sample shall be taken for DNA analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 2439"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2439 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Criminal Procedure", "Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie R. Campbell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2019-01-08"
+last_action: "2019-03-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50f77f27-85d9-4956-941b-0f31b20d167a"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2439"
+source_hash: "f5a5419c8b6d2d30ed152d32e03374e002328f9df71e677ed15609338a2247d9"
+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 2439 (2019) — DNA analysis; conviction of certain crimes or similar ordinance of a locality.
+
+Adds persons convicted of a violation of a local ordinance that is similar to certain crimes listed under current law to the list of persons from whom a blood, saliva, or tissue sample shall be taken for DNA analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0201)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2439ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2439ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103201D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2439)
+4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106544D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2439S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106544D-S1 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ronnie R. Campbell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103201D `introduction`
+- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-15** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2019-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 19106544D-S1
+- **2019-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2439S1
+- **2019-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2019-02-13** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106544D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
+- **2019-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2019-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-02-15** Signed by President
+- **2019-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
+- **2019-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
+- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 201 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50f77f27-85d9-4956-941b-0f31b20d167a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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