---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims of crime; certifications for victims of qualifying criminal activity."
description: "Certifications for victims of qualifying criminal activity. Establishes a process for a state or local law-enforcement agency, an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Attorney General, or any other agency or department employing law-enforcement officers to complete a certification form or declaration that is required by federal immigration law certifying that a person is a victim of qualifying criminal activity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1468"
citation: "Virginia SB 1468 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d71d955-5a06-4b9d-bd17-68ba44db016a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1468"
source_hash: "6765b233e550166579c328d54a898630df6d27bc9bb2a5a57c5e74b708f1f860"
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 1468 (2021) — Victims of crime; certifications for victims of qualifying criminal activity.

Certifications for victims of qualifying criminal activity. Establishes a process for a state or local law-enforcement agency, an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Attorney General, or any other agency or department employing law-enforcement officers to complete a certification form or declaration that is required by federal immigration law certifying that a person is a victim of qualifying criminal activity.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0468** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0468)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103854D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1468S1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 21103117D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1468)
4. **SB1468ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1468ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 3-N) — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 19-N) — **79–19** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 21103117D `introduction`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-27** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute printed 21103854D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 21103854D-S1
- **2021-02-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1468S1
- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB1468S1)
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- **2021-02-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- **2021-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-24** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2021-02-24** Passed House with amendments (80-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Passage (80-Y 19-N)
- **2021-02-25** House amendments agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
- **2021-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1468ER)
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 468 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d71d955-5a06-4b9d-bd17-68ba44db016a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).