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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: "SB 457"
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citation: "Virginia SB 457 (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: ["Janet D. Howell"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbd15716-0f50-4dca-b307-1f4b137e472a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB457"
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source_hash: "f05d671a597f08a1f0c11dd8d2a522c90edaa80427ece0cf440177263962aec6"
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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 457 (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. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB457ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB457ER)
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2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103936D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB457)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Janet D. Howell — 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 18103936D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 83 (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/bbd15716-0f50-4dca-b307-1f4b137e472a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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