republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2413.md

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Bill	Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; secrecy of information.	Provides that any person granted permission to make notes and to duplicate portions of the evidence given before the multi-jurisdiction grand jury shall maintain the secrecy of all information obtained from a review or duplication of the evidence presented to the multi-jurisdiction grand jury, except for disclosure as he deems necessary for use in a criminal investigation or proceeding. The bill also provides that after a person has been indicted by a grand jury, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall notify such person that the multi-jurisdiction grand jury was used to obtain evidence for a prosecution. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2413	Virginia HB 2413 (2019)	bill	Criminal Procedure	enacted	Les R. Adams	4	20	7	2019-01-08	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/cdc166f3-e4d3-4d25-9b2c-c2a0348b0cb1	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2413	8c15b74931926fc52a50d8146bf66f653af160794283cba5bcdf294d883ee1aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2413 (2019) — Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; secrecy of information.

Provides that any person granted permission to make notes and to duplicate portions of the evidence given before the multi-jurisdiction grand jury shall maintain the secrecy of all information obtained from a review or duplication of the evidence presented to the multi-jurisdiction grand jury, except for disclosure as he deems necessary for use in a criminal investigation or proceeding. The bill also provides that after a person has been indicted by a grand jury, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall notify such person that the multi-jurisdiction grand jury was used to obtain evidence for a prosecution. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0522) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2413ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102055D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments agreed to by House — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendments — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Les R. Adams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102055D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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
• 2019-02-13 Passed by for the day
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-14 Reading of amendments waived
• 2019-02-14 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2019-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-18 Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 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 522 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cdc166f3-e4d3-4d25-9b2c-c2a0348b0cb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).