republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2080.md

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Bill	Physical evidence recovery kit tracking system.	Provides that the Department of Forensic Science (Department) shall maintain a statewide electronic tracking system for physical evidence recovery kits where such kits will be assigned a unique identification number to track each kit from its distribution as an uncollected kit to the health care provider through to its destruction. The bill provides that the Department shall provide access to the tracking system to health care providers, law-enforcement agencies, the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The bill also provides that a health care provider shall inform the victim of sexual assault of the unique identification number assigned to the physical evidence recovery kit utilized by the health care provider during the forensic medical examination and provide the victim with information regarding the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system. The bill provides that records entered into the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2080	Virginia HB 2080 (2019)	bill	Administration of Government Criminal Procedure Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Vivian E. Watts	5	17	6	2019-01-07	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/b03d06f2-2755-418c-9a07-f0f28ccae40e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2080	a6fd5ee007289467d45a7a509f3300e6fbf7963bccbd2b54414da31553d13738	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2080 (2019) — Physical evidence recovery kit tracking system.

Provides that the Department of Forensic Science (Department) shall maintain a statewide electronic tracking system for physical evidence recovery kits where such kits will be assigned a unique identification number to track each kit from its distribution as an uncollected kit to the health care provider through to its destruction. The bill provides that the Department shall provide access to the tracking system to health care providers, law-enforcement agencies, the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The bill also provides that a health care provider shall inform the victim of sexual assault of the unique identification number assigned to the physical evidence recovery kit utilized by the health care provider during the forensic medical examination and provide the victim with information regarding the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system. The bill provides that records entered into the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2080ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19106263D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102186D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102186D introduction
• 2019-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19106263D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2080H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled
• 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-21 Signed by President
• 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
• 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 473 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b03d06f2-2755-418c-9a07-f0f28ccae40e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).