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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to at least one adult occupant."
+description: "Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to occupants. Clarifies that if the owner of the place to be searched is not present, a copy of the search warrant and affidavit shall be given to at least one adult occupant of the place to be searched."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 404"
+citation: "Virginia SB 404 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-01-11"
+last_action: "2022-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fda7f95-d75a-4de4-9434-d7e764904fc4"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB404"
+source_hash: "8233c1186844f07fc122d998d6d672d05b250a3ba83b54881a326b59b093e413"
+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 404 (2022) — Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to at least one adult occupant.
+
+Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to occupants. Clarifies that if the owner of the place to be searched is not present, a copy of the search warrant and affidavit shall be given to at least one adult occupant of the place to be searched.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0403** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0403)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100035D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB404)
+3. **Printed as engrossed 22100035D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB404E)
+4. **SB404ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB404ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
+- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100035D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-24** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
+- **2022-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2022-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2022-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB404E
+- **2022-01-27** Printed as engrossed 22100035D-E
+- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
+- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
+- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fda7f95-d75a-4de4-9434-d7e764904fc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+