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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physical evidence recovery kit; victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1501"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1501 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Minors", "Police"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-18"
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last_action: "2017-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d9702fb-d1f2-46e9-82f6-0e2c7ad382d0"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1501"
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source_hash: "392ff55923fe790db52f0984a63b17efd4508060fd76bb87911e419769de3b24"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1501 (2017) — Physical evidence recovery kit; victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0672)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1501ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1501ER)
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3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103992D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1501)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103992D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1501E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with amendment — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard H. Black — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 17103992D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1501E
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- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17103992D-E
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- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House with amendment (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 672 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d9702fb-d1f2-46e9-82f6-0e2c7ad382d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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