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Bill

Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism, definitions.

Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism. Provides that no newsperson engaged in journalism shall be compelled by the Commonwealth or a locality in any criminal proceeding to testify about, disclose, or produce protected information, as defined in the bill, except when the court finds that (i) the protected information is necessary to the proof of an issue material to an administrative or criminal proceeding; (ii) the protected information is not obtainable from any alternative source; (iii) the Commonwealth or locality exhausted all reasonable methods for obtaining the protected information from all relevant alternative sources, if applicable; and (iv) there is an overriding public interest in the disclosure of the protected information, including preventing harm to or death of a person. The bill further provides that any information obtained in violation of the provisions of the bill shall be inadmissible for any purpose in an administrative or criminal proceeding.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 113

Virginia HB 113 (2020)

bill

enacted

Danica A. Roem

2019-12-13

2020-04-06

openstates

ocd-bill/7a47ade0-e76a-4dac-90b6-20ba2e818e17

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB113

88729966a22e6bb613070dd2af89c92c6fb30dc8d8b0cbc59854fddb34fc36a7

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

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us-va

Virginia HB 113 (2020) — Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism, definitions.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB113ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB113H1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB113H1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB113S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 35-N) — 60–35 (pass) · lower
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N) — 59–39 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2019-12-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100888D introduction
2019-12-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-01-30 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
2020-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 2-N)
2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107678D-H1 substitution
2020-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20107678D-H1
2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB113H1
2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N)
2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-02-19 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108717D-S1 substitution
2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-24 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108717D-S1
2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB113S1
2020-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) passage
2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-26 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108717D-S1 (61-Y 35-N)
2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 35-N)
2020-03-02 Enrolled
2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-03 Signed by President
2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 650 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a47ade0-e76a-4dac-90b6-20ba2e818e17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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