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type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records."
description: "Clarifies that while information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall not be subject to disclosure to the public under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), such information shall not be deemed confidential. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 921"
citation: "Virginia SB 921 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e68611b-747e-4a00-a9ec-1970c5fa9a4d"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB921"
source_hash: "5e2abc29084cb348e53c0f3ec515243ecc7888d4c560e38b589ccd5c4d766119"
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 921 (2018) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records.
Clarifies that while information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall not be subject to disclosure to the public under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), such information shall not be deemed confidential. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB921ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB921ER)
2. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106449D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB921S1)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104762D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB921)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **1000** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **122** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **380** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 18104762D `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** Reading of substitute waived
- **2018-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 18106449D-S1
- **2018-02-08** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB921S1
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 92 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e68611b-747e-4a00-a9ec-1970c5fa9a4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).