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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Central Criminal Records Exchange; reports, duties and authority."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2343"
citation: "Virginia HB 2343 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commonwealth Public Safety", "Criminal Procedure", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c0aa74b-ba15-4ffe-a9ce-594633aecf3e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2343"
source_hash: "d636db42cc3cebb5f78586d8afc06f34101aa929c149dc2d523314f636c12de5"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0783)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2343)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2343ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2343ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105587D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2343H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104175D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2343)
6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106497D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2343S1)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c0aa74b-ba15-4ffe-a9ce-594633aecf3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).