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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VSP Central Criminal Records Exchange; removal and repeal of certain reporting requirements."
+description: "Department of State Police; Central Criminal Records Exchange; removal of certain reporting requirements. Removes the requirement that the Central Criminal Records Exchange report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before November 1 of each year on the status of unapplied criminal history record information and any updates to fingerprinting policies and procedures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 956"
+citation: "Virginia SB 956 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-01-06"
+last_action: "2025-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c97f694f-bf42-4ef0-b378-b9896a40fc0e"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB956"
+source_hash: "ea9e14b992bb0a27104daa87f442aa3eb63790241a0754ba9deb3120b8eee485"
+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 956 (2025) — VSP Central Criminal Records Exchange; removal and repeal of certain reporting requirements.
+
+Department of State Police; Central Criminal Records Exchange; removal of certain reporting requirements. Removes the requirement that the Central Criminal Records Exchange report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before November 1 of each year on the status of unapplied criminal history record information and any updates to fingerprinting policies and procedures.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014585.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074565.PDF)
+3. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066325.HTML)
+4. **Public Safety Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052413.HTML)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068540.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100745D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-24** Rules suspended
+- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-01-24** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB956)
+- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by Senate
+- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
+- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-14** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-19** Public Safety Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2025-02-19** Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB956ER) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB956)
+- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 441 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c97f694f-bf42-4ef0-b378-b9896a40fc0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+