---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human trafficking hotline; posting information."
description: "Requires the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and the Virginia Employment Commission to post notice of the existence of a human trafficking hotline in government stores, except for government stores established on a distiller's licensed premises, and in employment offices, respectively, to alert possible witnesses or victims of human trafficking to the availability of a means to report crimes or gain assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1887"
citation: "Virginia HB 1887 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act", "Authorities", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Miyares"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d68fbe67-ebbd-40ca-b8d8-61a965fe2a66"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1887"
source_hash: "f6bdb6120a90afa4dc61446fa3eba6d7362d9d4c45b376e27e4a7d58ef29f054"
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 HB 1887 (2019) — Human trafficking hotline; posting information.

Requires the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and the Virginia Employment Commission to post notice of the existence of a human trafficking hotline in government stores, except for government stores established on a distiller's licensed premises, and in employment offices, respectively, to alert possible witnesses or victims of human trafficking to the availability of a means to report crimes or gain assistance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0388)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1887AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1887)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1887ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1887ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100371D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1887)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19100371D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1887E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
- C. Todd Gilbert — cosponsor (person)
- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Rush — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Riley E. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
- T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100371D `introduction`
- **2019-01-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-22** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-01-22** Engrossed by House as amended HB1887E
- **2019-01-22** Printed as engrossed 19100371D-E
- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d68fbe67-ebbd-40ca-b8d8-61a965fe2a66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).