republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1061.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemption for sheriff's departments."
description: "Adds an exemption to the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (§ 2.2-3800 et seq.) for personal information systems maintained by sheriff's departments of counties and cities that deal with investigations and intelligence gathering relating to criminal activity and limits the existing exemptions for personal information systems maintained by the Department of State Police, police departments of localities and of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission, and sheriff's departments to those personal information systems that deal with investigations and intelligence gathering related to criminal activity. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1061"
citation: "Virginia SB 1061 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Emergency Legislation", "Police", "Sheriffs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Black"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba9155a9-8529-4a5c-82a4-0943d951c693"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1061"
source_hash: "a3e2652c9bd043b545b56f104e6a0bdfbebb75e588c496b1f07aef2889970847"
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 1061 (2017) — Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemption for sheriff's departments.

Adds an exemption to the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (§ 2.2-3800 et seq.) for personal information systems maintained by sheriff's departments of counties and cities that deal with investigations and intelligence gathering relating to criminal activity and limits the existing exemptions for personal information systems maintained by the Department of State Police, police departments of localities and of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission, and sheriff's departments to those personal information systems that deal with investigations and intelligence gathering related to criminal activity. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill contains an emergency clause.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0702)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105526D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1061H1)
3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1061ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1061ER)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100725D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1061)
5. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100725D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1061E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Richard H. Black — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100725D `introduction`
- **2017-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Reading of amendments waived
- **2017-02-07** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-07** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1061E
- **2017-02-07** Printed as engrossed 17100725D-E
- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 17105526D-H1
- **2017-02-21** Emergency clause added
- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1061H1
- **2017-02-21** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Title replaced 17105526D-H1
- **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
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 702 (effective 3/24/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba9155a9-8529-4a5c-82a4-0943d951c693`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).