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Bill Physical evidence recovery kit; victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information. Provides that for any physical evidence recovery kit that was received by a law-enforcement agency prior to July 1, 2016, and submitted for analysis, the victim, a parent or guardian of a minor victim, or the next of kin of a deceased victim shall be notified of the completion of the analysis and shall, upon request, receive information regarding the results of any analysis from the law-enforcement agency. The bill provides that law enforcement shall not be required to disclose the results of any analysis to an alleged perpetrator. The bill contains technical amendments. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 1501 Virginia SB 1501 (2017)
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Virginia SB 1501 (2017) — Physical evidence recovery kit; victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information.

Provides that for any physical evidence recovery kit that was received by a law-enforcement agency prior to July 1, 2016, and submitted for analysis, the victim, a parent or guardian of a minor victim, or the next of kin of a deceased victim shall be notified of the completion of the analysis and shall, upon request, receive information regarding the results of any analysis from the law-enforcement agency. The bill provides that law enforcement shall not be required to disclose the results of any analysis to an alleged perpetrator. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1501ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103992D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103992D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 100 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House with amendment — 1000 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 140 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • House amendment agreed to by Senate — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 210 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
  • Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
  • Richard H. Black — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 17103992D introduction
  • 2017-01-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-06 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2017-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1501E
  • 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17103992D-E
  • 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
  • 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-22 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-22 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2017-02-22 Passed House with amendment (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 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
  • 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 672 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d9702fb-d1f2-46e9-82f6-0e2c7ad382d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).