republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1546.md

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Bill	Jurors; confidentiality of name and home address.	Limits to name and home address the personal information of a juror impaneled in a criminal case that the court may only regulate the disclosure of upon a showing of good cause, which includes a likelihood of bribery, tampering, or physical injury to or harassment of a juror. The bill limits the release of any additional personal information, defined in the bill as any information other than a name and home address, of a juror impaneled in a criminal case to the counsel of record in the case or a pro se defendant. The bill also provides that the court may, upon the motion of either party or its own motion, and for good cause shown, authorize the disclosure of such personal information to any other person, subject to any restrictions imposed by the court on further dissemination of such personal information.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1546	Virginia HB 1546 (2017)	bill	Criminal Procedure	enacted	Christopher E. Collins	4	23	9	2016-12-29	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/90b3a47f-1334-4dfc-92f9-3b7213914706	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1546	a9dcfdb9e1e304500849bea06a0eeaea8e8ccfc02178ddb638ddad383ee91e01	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1546 (2017) — Jurors; confidentiality of name and home address.

Limits to name and home address the personal information of a juror impaneled in a criminal case that the court may only regulate the disclosure of upon a showing of good cause, which includes a likelihood of bribery, tampering, or physical injury to or harassment of a juror. The bill limits the release of any additional personal information, defined in the bill as any information other than a name and home address, of a juror impaneled in a criminal case to the counsel of record in the case or a pro se defendant. The bill also provides that the court may, upon the motion of either party or its own motion, and for good cause shown, authorize the disclosure of such personal information to any other person, subject to any restrictions imposed by the court on further dissemination of such personal information.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1546ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17105151D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102066D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate amendments agreed to by House — 91–6 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice — 8–7 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsidered by Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendments — 21–19 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 9–6 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102066D introduction
• 2016-12-29 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17105151D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1546H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Reading of amendments waived
• 2017-02-20 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-21 Senate amendments agreed to by House (91-Y 6-N)
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 753 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90b3a47f-1334-4dfc-92f9-3b7213914706. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).