---
type: "Bill"
title: "Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; reciprocal data-sharing agreements, veteran-specific data."
description: "Office of Data Governance and Analytics; reciprocal data-sharing agreements; veteran-specific data. Allows the Officeof Data Governance and Analytics to enter into reciprocal data agreementswith state agencies for the purpose of sharing veteran-specific datain order to support data-informed outreach plans for veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 589"
citation: "Virginia HB 589 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e689220c-9bf0-4d7f-9bee-17e96184c993"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB589"
source_hash: "93a8f72c983677cd82297e6c8953c7c42e5c7fd3cf71f783dfaf0b9d746c1848"
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 589 (2024) — Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; reciprocal data-sharing agreements, veteran-specific data.

Office of Data Governance and Analytics; reciprocal data-sharing agreements; veteran-specific data. Allows the Officeof Data Governance and Analytics to enter into reciprocal data agreementswith state agencies for the purpose of sharing veteran-specific datain order to support data-informed outreach plans for veterans.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0292** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0292)
2. **HB589ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB589ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101989D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB589)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101989D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB589)
- **2024-01-26** Assigned CT & I sub: Communications `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-05** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB589ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB589ER)
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 292 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e689220c-9bf0-4d7f-9bee-17e96184c993`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).