---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officers, former; retention of identification and badge."
description: "Former law-enforcement officers; retention of identification and badge. Provides that a former law-enforcement officer with at least 10 years of service who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or is disabled shall, upon request, be issued a photo identification and badge indicating that he honorably served, both of which will be mounted by the employing department or agency in such a manner that it will be impossible for anyone to carry it on his person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 743"
citation: "Virginia SB 743 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ebd9706-c043-4260-9f0f-5bd9b97dc642"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB743"
source_hash: "1300f1e23519429c449969090e721cc82648bcb7eddecf626e85825b62ffc3dd"
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 743 (2022) — Law-enforcement officers, former; retention of identification and badge.

Former law-enforcement officers; retention of identification and badge. Provides that a former law-enforcement officer with at least 10 years of service who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or is disabled shall, upon request, be issued a photo identification and badge indicating that he honorably served, both of which will be mounted by the employing department or agency in such a manner that it will be impossible for anyone to carry it on his person.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0491)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 22104759D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB743)
3. **SB743ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB743ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N) — **78–19** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104759D `introduction`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB743)
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Reported from Public Safety (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Passed House (79-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB743ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 491 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ebd9706-c043-4260-9f0f-5bd9b97dc642`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).