---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records."
description: "Permits the Department of Juvenile Justice to disclose, at its discretion, the social reports and records of children who are committed to the Department to a gang task force, provided that its membership (i) consists of only representatives of state or local government or (ii) includes a law-enforcement officer who is present at the time of the disclosure. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1288"
citation: "Virginia SB 1288 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Juvenile Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d6f7a3d-948d-447c-bdaf-f1271f61c712"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1288"
source_hash: "9bdad169e4f3b483d89fdaa153e7d10ce6572eeb66dd69b3b1af32a6b75cb084"
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 1288 (2017) — Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records.

Permits the Department of Juvenile Justice to disclose, at its discretion, the social reports and records of children who are committed to the Department to a gang task force, provided that its membership (i) consists of only representatives of state or local government or (ii) includes a law-enforcement officer who is present at the time of the disclosure. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0210)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1288ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1288ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104833D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1288S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101610D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1288)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101610D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 17104833D-S1
- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1288S1
- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 210 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d6f7a3d-948d-447c-bdaf-f1271f61c712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).