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Bill Victims of crime; right to nondisclosure of certain information. Requires that written consent provided by the victim's next of kin to law enforcement is necessary, if the victim is a minor, before a law-enforcement agency may disclose any information that identifies the victim of a crime that resulted in the victim's death. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 2240 Virginia HB 2240 (2017)
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Virginia HB 2240 (2017) — Victims of crime; right to nondisclosure of certain information.

Requires that written consent provided by the victim's next of kin to law enforcement is necessary, if the victim is a minor, before a law-enforcement agency may disclose any information that identifies the victim of a crime that resulted in the victim's death.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0500) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2240ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104667D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102576D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 950 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate with amendment — 3010 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate amendment agreed to by House — 981 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 114 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 100 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Jackson H. Miller — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102576D introduction
  • 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
  • 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 17104667D-H1
  • 2017-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2240H1
  • 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-15 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2017-02-15 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-15 Passed by temporarily
  • 2017-02-15 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2017-02-17 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-17 Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N)
  • 2017-02-21 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-21 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
  • 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 500 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb81f9be-99a7-4319-bd71-441e00c06cb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).