---
type: "Bill"
title: "VSP Central Criminal Records Exchange; removal and repeal of certain reporting requirements."
description: "Department of State Police; Central Criminal Records Exchange; removal of certain reporting requirements. Removes the requirement that the Central Criminal Records Exchange report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before November 1 of each year on the status of unapplied criminal history record information and any updates to fingerprinting policies and procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 956"
citation: "Virginia SB 956 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c97f694f-bf42-4ef0-b378-b9896a40fc0e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB956"
source_hash: "ea9e14b992bb0a27104daa87f442aa3eb63790241a0754ba9deb3120b8eee485"
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 956 (2025) — VSP Central Criminal Records Exchange; removal and repeal of certain reporting requirements.

Department of State Police; Central Criminal Records Exchange; removal of certain reporting requirements. Removes the requirement that the Central Criminal Records Exchange report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before November 1 of each year on the status of unapplied criminal history record information and any updates to fingerprinting policies and procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014585.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074565.PDF)
3. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066325.HTML)
4. **Public Safety Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052413.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068540.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100745D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-24** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB956)
- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by Senate
- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Public Safety Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-19** Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB956ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB956)
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 441 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c97f694f-bf42-4ef0-b378-b9896a40fc0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).