---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forensic Science, Department of; accrediting bodies."
description: "Forensic Science, Department of; accrediting bodies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2118"
citation: "Virginia HB 2118 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commonwealth Public Safety", "Crimes and Offenses Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe7492e-e0c8-4c13-8ec8-5becc7e6ed7d"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2118"
source_hash: "b0e63789042a1c0d54de7dffec7da22174139968ccf5c2a54f489f3f740a2a21"
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 2118 (2019) — Forensic Science, Department of; accrediting bodies.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0474)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2118ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2118ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102174D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2118)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102174D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 474 (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/bbe7492e-e0c8-4c13-8ec8-5becc7e6ed7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).