---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Records Act; confidentiality of certain archived records."
description: "Virginia Public Records Act; confidentiality of certain archived records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1024"
citation: "Virginia SB 1024 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-07"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d0a489b-af05-41e3-9e4e-00daf0adfe70"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1024"
source_hash: "42ac646bd18e4dcaaac63b24bfe74da41fabdf0b4ad171f2a5f358337d303576"
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 1024 (2023) — Virginia Public Records Act; confidentiality of certain archived records.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0127)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101171D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1024)
3. **SB1024ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1024ER)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (16-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (64-Y 34-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101171D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from General Laws (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB1024)
- **2023-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-15** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (64-Y 34-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Passage (64-Y 34-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1024ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1024ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 127 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d0a489b-af05-41e3-9e4e-00daf0adfe70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).