---
type: "Bill"
title: "Applicant Fingerprint Database; participation in FBI Next Generation Identification Rap Back Serv."
description: "Applicant Fingerprint Database; participation in FBI Next Generation Identification Rap Back Serv."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1859"
citation: "Virginia HB 1859 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Webert"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0faa3557-ad3b-4613-99e8-ef0099e92627"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1859"
source_hash: "2f89ae1a387c17c055774f26b4e597d4f4bafcc0b2743c9956ff1995ffbda9b0"
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 1859 (2023) — Applicant Fingerprint Database; participation in FBI Next Generation Identification Rap Back Serv.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0040** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0040)
2. **HB1859ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1859ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104019D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1859)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (97-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Webert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104019D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1859)
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-20** Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26** VOTE: (97-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-15** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1859ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1859ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0faa3557-ad3b-4613-99e8-ef0099e92627`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).