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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Deferred dispositions; expungement of police and court records."
+description: "Deferred dispositions; expungement. Clarifies that a charged dismissed after a deferred disposition that may be eligible for expungement upon agreement of all parties includes an original charge that was reduced or a charge that is dismissed after a plea or stipulation of the facts that would justify a finding of guilt."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 20"
+citation: "Virginia SB 20 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-12-07"
+last_action: "2024-04-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e3e1a1-fc3b-4724-9b4a-99d6b922b1bb"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB20"
+source_hash: "96e49d3bae0d1215f7ac4936ee5b58edef827004f4c4151847d3751f7656a99d"
+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 20 (2024) — Deferred dispositions; expungement of police and court records.
+
+Deferred dispositions; expungement. Clarifies that a charged dismissed after a deferred disposition that may be eligible for expungement upon agreement of all parties includes an original charge that was reduced or a charge that is dismissed after a plea or stipulation of the facts that would justify a finding of guilt.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0755** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0755)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 24106864D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB20S1)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100882D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB20)
+4. **SB20ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB20ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100882D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-12-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-10** Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
+- **2024-01-31** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute printed 24106864D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24106864D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB20S1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB20S1)
+- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-15** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-23** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB20ER) `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB20ER)
+- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 755 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e3e1a1-fc3b-4724-9b4a-99d6b922b1bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+