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type: "Bill"
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title: "Victim telephone numbers and email addresses; confidentiality of information in criminal cases."
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description: "Provides that upon request of a crime victim or a witness in a criminal prosecution of a violent felony, law enforcement, the attorney for the Commonwealth, counsel for a defendant, and the Department of Corrections are prohibited from disclosing any telephone number or email address of such victim or witness except to the extent that such disclosure is required by law, necessary for law-enforcement purposes, or permitted by the court. The bill also provides that during any criminal proceeding, upon motion of the defendant or the attorney for the Commonwealth, a judge may prohibit testimony as to any telephone number or email address of a victim or witness if the judge determines that this information is not material under the circumstances of the case. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 840"
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citation: "Virginia HB 840 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-02-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bc46763-749e-4ba8-bbad-e95300920b15"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB840"
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source_hash: "5f997b261c6c92eb1623d67beeb940c3bd566b64c0623911c57fa1c559a06e26"
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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 HB 840 (2018) — Victim telephone numbers and email addresses; confidentiality of information in criminal cases.
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Provides that upon request of a crime victim or a witness in a criminal prosecution of a violent felony, law enforcement, the attorney for the Commonwealth, counsel for a defendant, and the Department of Corrections are prohibited from disclosing any telephone number or email address of such victim or witness except to the extent that such disclosure is required by law, necessary for law-enforcement purposes, or permitted by the court. The bill also provides that during any criminal proceeding, upon motion of the defendant or the attorney for the Commonwealth, a judge may prohibit testimony as to any telephone number or email address of a victim or witness if the judge determines that this information is not material under the circumstances of the case. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0047)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0047)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB840ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB840ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103935D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB840)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103935D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-19** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
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- **2018-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (effective 7/1/18) `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/4bc46763-749e-4ba8-bbad-e95300920b15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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