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type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records."
description: "Provides that information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), except to the applicant or the owner of the property upon the applicant's or owner's request."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1587"
citation: "Virginia HB 1587 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-02"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e37c49c-f38c-4d90-968a-45587987c0c4"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1587"
source_hash: "256404d6f28a330b27e210ecbd02414ee371a698903bc1c8b958b738021fb727"
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 1587 (2017) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records.
Provides that information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), except to the applicant or the owner of the property upon the applicant's or owner's request.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0510)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1587ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1587ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101163D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1587)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101163D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1587E)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **382** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **60** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **132** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101163D `introduction`
- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB1587E
- **2017-01-31** Printed as engrossed 17101163D-E
- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 510 (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/8e37c49c-f38c-4d90-968a-45587987c0c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).