---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notifications in juvenile cases; exception to confidentiality."
description: "Notifications in juvenile cases; exception to confidentiality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1264"
citation: "Virginia SB 1264 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDougle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44dc398a-cade-47d5-b920-60f8e81eedac"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1264"
source_hash: "1018c45bc69a930724e594babaf8243f4fa1819de0743df632c20e2d31664359"
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 1264 (2023) — Notifications in juvenile cases; exception to confidentiality.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0677** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0677)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103728D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1264)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23103728D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1264E)
4. **SB1264ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1264ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- McDougle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103728D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1264)
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Amendment by Senator McDougle agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1264E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23103728D-E
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1264E)
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-23** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1264ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1264ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44dc398a-cade-47d5-b920-60f8e81eedac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).