---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal records; expungement and sealing of records."
description: "Criminal records; expungement and sealing of records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2400"
citation: "Virginia HB 2400 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herring"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b445647-d8e0-490e-854a-1c24eed5ba18"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2400"
source_hash: "a921e25e6f51adaf30b0e18c7e431292fc59aa5b8036f99f2163625544cf8bdd"
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 2400 (2023) — Criminal records; expungement and sealing of records.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0554** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0554)
2. **HB2400ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2400ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104310D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2400)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104310D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2400E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Herring — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 23104310D `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2400)
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2400E
- **2023-02-01** Printed as engrossed 23104310D-E
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2400E)
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Judiciary (13-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** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2400ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2400ER)
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 554 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0554)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b445647-d8e0-490e-854a-1c24eed5ba18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).