republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2343.md

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Bill	Central Criminal Records Exchange; reports, duties and authority.	Requires the Central Criminal Records Exchange (Exchange) to review offenses containing unapplied criminal history record information, defined in the bill, and make reasonable efforts to ensure that such information is applied to criminal history records. The bill requires the Exchange to submit periodic reports to the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the clerk of each circuit court and district court, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and law-enforcement agencies containing (i) a list of offenses with unapplied criminal history record information and (ii) for each offense, if known, the name and any other identifying information of the defendant, any identifying court case information, the date of submission to the Exchange, and the reason the offense could not be applied to the criminal history record. The bill also requires the Exchange to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly on the status of unapplied criminal history record information and any updates to fingerprinting policies and procedures.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2343	Virginia HB 2343 (2019)	bill	Commonwealth Public Safety Criminal Procedure Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Robert B. Bell	6	22	7	2019-01-08	2019-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/5c0aa74b-ba15-4ffe-a9ce-594633aecf3e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2343	d636db42cc3cebb5f78586d8afc06f34101aa929c149dc2d523314f636c12de5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2343 (2019) — Central Criminal Records Exchange; reports, duties and authority.

Requires the Central Criminal Records Exchange (Exchange) to review offenses containing unapplied criminal history record information, defined in the bill, and make reasonable efforts to ensure that such information is applied to criminal history records. The bill requires the Exchange to submit periodic reports to the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the clerk of each circuit court and district court, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and law-enforcement agencies containing (i) a list of offenses with unapplied criminal history record information and (ii) for each offense, if known, the name and any other identifying information of the defendant, any identifying court case information, the date of submission to the Exchange, and the reason the offense could not be applied to the criminal history record. The bill also requires the Exchange to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly on the status of unapplied criminal history record information and any updates to fingerprinting policies and procedures.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2343ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105587D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104175D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106497D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106497D-S1 — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104175D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-17 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 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 19105587D-H1
• 2019-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2343H1
• 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
• 2019-02-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 19106497D-S1
• 2019-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2343S1
• 2019-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-13 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106497D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-15 Enrolled
• 2019-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-15 Signed by President
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
• 2019-02-19 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-22 Approved by Governor-Chapter 783 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c0aa74b-ba15-4ffe-a9ce-594633aecf3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).