---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arrests; law-enforcement agency to report, etc."
description: "Requires that a law-enforcement agency make a report of any arrest of a person for trespassing (§ 18.2-119) or disorderly conduct (§ 18.2-415) to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and that such report be accompanied by the fingerprints and photograph of the person arrested. Under current law, such a report is required for all other misdemeanors punishable by confinement in jail under Title 18.2 (Crimes and Offenses Generally). This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 566"
citation: "Virginia SB 566 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96f56775-b861-4254-81f8-5edabea61dd2"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB566"
source_hash: "c3a6f9970e646e61152b8b98d6490388e6d34490d19a6fe43942a3768b4bc243"
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 566 (2018) — Arrests; law-enforcement agency to report, etc.

Requires that a law-enforcement agency make a report of any arrest of a person for trespassing (§ 18.2-119) or disorderly conduct (§ 18.2-415) to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and that such report be accompanied by the fingerprints and photograph of the person arrested. Under current law, such a report is required for all other misdemeanors punishable by confinement in jail under Title 18.2 (Crimes and Offenses Generally). This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB566ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB566ER)
2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103932D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB566)

## Votes

- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103932D `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 178 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96f56775-b861-4254-81f8-5edabea61dd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).