---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Identity Management Act; definitions, federated digital identity systems."
description: "Electronic Identity Management Act; federated digital identity systems. Amends the Electronic Identity Management Act to accommodate federated digital identity systems. A federated digital identity system (federation) is defined in the measure as a digital identity system that uses federated identity management to enable the portability of identity information across otherwise autonomous security domains. Federated identity management is defined in the measure as a process that allows the conveyance of identity credentials and authentication information across digital identity systems through the use of a common set of policies, practices, and protocols for managing the identity of users and devices across security domains. The digital identity systems involved in a federation are required to be compliant with the Commonwealth's identity management standards and with the provisions of the governing identity trust framework."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 665"
citation: "Virginia SB 665 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69a7963f-c26b-48e5-9e14-569901c429d0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB665"
source_hash: "6671a9d3b4e6f6dd22d74f4990b3930e6c04433cf2af26b91ac8fad39f45e7bb"
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 665 (2020) — Electronic Identity Management Act; definitions, federated digital identity systems.

Electronic Identity Management Act; federated digital identity systems. Amends the Electronic Identity Management Act to accommodate federated digital identity systems. A federated digital identity system (federation) is defined in the measure as a digital identity system that uses federated identity management to enable the portability of identity information across otherwise autonomous security domains. Federated identity management is defined in the measure as a process that allows the conveyance of identity credentials and authentication information across digital identity systems through the use of a common set of policies, practices, and protocols for managing the identity of users and devices across security domains. The digital identity systems involved in a federation are required to be compliant with the Commonwealth's identity management standards and with the provisions of the governing identity trust framework.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0736)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0736)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB665ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB665ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB665)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB665)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB665S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB665S1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — **92–6** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N) — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred from Labor and Commerce — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102986D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB665)
- **2020-02-10** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute printed 20108035D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB665S1)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20108035D-S1
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB665S1
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Referred from Labor and Commerce
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Assigned CT & I sub: Communications `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB665ER)
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 736 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69a7963f-c26b-48e5-9e14-569901c429d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).