republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2263.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures, etc."
description: "Provides that any evidence gathered through the conduct of an interrogation that violates the provisions of the Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act shall not be admissible in any case against a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2263"
citation: "Virginia HB 2263 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commonwealth Public Safety", "Emergency Services and Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0399d46-061b-4b77-995b-fc571cea1750"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2263"
source_hash: "8055d04d5c944291d5b8435846c16f4b5ff9ed26c28227fc5647edf43791c9fb"
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 HB 2263 (2019) — Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures, etc.

Provides that any evidence gathered through the conduct of an interrogation that violates the provisions of the Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act shall not be admissible in any case against a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0831)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0831)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2263)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2263ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2263ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105723D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2263H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102473D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2263)
6. **House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2263ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2263ER2)
7. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107279D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2263S1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107279D-S1 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102473D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 19105723D-H1
- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2263H1
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Rereferred to General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 19107279D-S1
- **2019-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2263S1
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107279D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-23** Enrolled
- **2019-02-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-23** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-25** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-03** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- **2019-04-03** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2019-04-03** Reenrolled
- **2019-04-03** Reenrolled bill text (HB2263ER2)
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2019-04-03** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2019-04-03** Enacted, Chapter 831 (effective 7/1/19) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0399d46-061b-4b77-995b-fc571cea1750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).