republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1023.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Custodial interrogations; audiovisual recording."
description: "Custodial interrogations; recording. Provides that any law-enforcement officer shall, if practicable, make an audiovisual recording of the entirety of any custodial interrogation of a person conducted in a place of detention. The bill provides that if an audiovisual recording is unable to be made, the law-enforcement officer shall make an audio recording of the entirety of the custodial interrogation. The bill provides that the failure of a law-enforcement officer to make such a recording shall not affect the admissibility of the statements made during the custodial interrogation, but the court or jury may consider such failure in determining the weight given to such evidence. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1023"
citation: "Virginia HB 1023 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ae13994-0042-4637-a3bf-035b5ff13dc9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1023"
source_hash: "7af406e7d0b24e868af336b532e14add71c270c009390712b4f714638bc97315"
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 1023 (2020) — Custodial interrogations; audiovisual recording.

Custodial interrogations; recording. Provides that any law-enforcement officer shall, if practicable, make an audiovisual recording of the entirety of any custodial interrogation of a person conducted in a place of detention. The bill provides that if an audiovisual recording is unable to be made, the law-enforcement officer shall make an audio recording of the entirety of the custodial interrogation. The bill provides that the failure of a law-enforcement officer to make such a recording shall not affect the admissibility of the statements made during the custodial interrogation, but the court or jury may consider such failure in determining the weight given to such evidence. 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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1126)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1126)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1023ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1023ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1023E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1023E)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1023E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1023)
5. **HB1023H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1023H1)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1023S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1023S1)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N) — **0–99** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Les R. Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101713D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB1023E
- **2020-01-30** Printed as engrossed 20101713D-E
- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1023E)
- **2020-02-12** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-12** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Committee substitute printed 20108202D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1023S1)
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 20108202D-S1
- **2020-02-21** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1023S1
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 20108202D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
- **2020-02-25** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
- **2020-02-27** Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-02-28** House acceded to request
- **2020-02-28** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-03-02** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-03-07** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-03-07** Conference substitute printed 20109985D-H1
- **2020-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1023ER)
- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1126 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ae13994-0042-4637-a3bf-035b5ff13dc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).