---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physical evidence recovery kit; victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information."
description: "Provides that for any physical evidence recovery kit that was received by a law-enforcement agency prior to July 1, 2016, and submitted for analysis, the victim, a parent or guardian of a minor victim, or the next of kin of a deceased victim shall be notified of the completion of the analysis and shall, upon request, receive information regarding the results of any analysis from the law-enforcement agency. The bill provides that law enforcement shall not be required to disclose the results of any analysis to an alleged perpetrator. The bill contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1501"
citation: "Virginia SB 1501 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Minors", "Police"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d9702fb-d1f2-46e9-82f6-0e2c7ad382d0"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1501"
source_hash: "392ff55923fe790db52f0984a63b17efd4508060fd76bb87911e419769de3b24"
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 1501 (2017) — Physical evidence recovery kit; victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information.

Provides that for any physical evidence recovery kit that was received by a law-enforcement agency prior to July 1, 2016, and submitted for analysis, the victim, a parent or guardian of a minor victim, or the next of kin of a deceased victim shall be notified of the completion of the analysis and shall, upon request, receive information regarding the results of any analysis from the law-enforcement agency. The bill provides that law enforcement shall not be required to disclose the results of any analysis to an alleged perpetrator. The bill contains technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0672)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1501ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1501ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103992D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1501)
4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103992D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1501E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendment — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Richard H. Black — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 17103992D `introduction`
- **2017-01-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1501E
- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17103992D-E
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2017-02-22** Passed House with amendment (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 672 (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/2d9702fb-d1f2-46e9-82f6-0e2c7ad382d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).