---
type: "Bill"
title: "DNA analysis; conviction of certain crimes or similar ordinance of a locality."
description: "Adds persons convicted of a violation of a local ordinance that is similar to certain crimes listed under current law to the list of persons from whom a blood, saliva, or tissue sample shall be taken for DNA analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2439"
citation: "Virginia HB 2439 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Criminal Procedure", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie R. Campbell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50f77f27-85d9-4956-941b-0f31b20d167a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2439"
source_hash: "f5a5419c8b6d2d30ed152d32e03374e002328f9df71e677ed15609338a2247d9"
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 HB 2439 (2019) — DNA analysis; conviction of certain crimes or similar ordinance of a locality.

Adds persons convicted of a violation of a local ordinance that is similar to certain crimes listed under current law to the list of persons from whom a blood, saliva, or tissue sample shall be taken for DNA analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0201)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2439ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2439ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103201D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2439)
4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106544D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2439S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106544D-S1 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ronnie R. Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103201D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 19106544D-S1
- **2019-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2439S1
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-13** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106544D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-15** Enrolled
- **2019-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-15** Signed by President
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
- **2019-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 201 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50f77f27-85d9-4956-941b-0f31b20d167a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).