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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jurors; confidentiality of name and home address."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1546"
citation: "Virginia HB 1546 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-12-29"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90b3a47f-1334-4dfc-92f9-3b7213914706"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1546"
source_hash: "a9dcfdb9e1e304500849bea06a0eeaea8e8ccfc02178ddb638ddad383ee91e01"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0753)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1546ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1546ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105151D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1546H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102066D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1546)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90b3a47f-1334-4dfc-92f9-3b7213914706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).