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| Bill | Arrest for a violent felony; saliva or tissue sample required for DNA analysis. | Saliva or tissue sample required for DNA analysisafter arrest for a violent felony. Clarifies that the Departmentof Forensic Science may retain a DNA sample from a person who wasarrested for a violent felony if such person was convicted of a misdemeanoroffense that would otherwise require the sample to remain in theDNA data bank. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 821 | Virginia HB 821 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 821 (2020) — Arrest for a violent felony; saliva or tissue sample required for DNA analysis.
Saliva or tissue sample required for DNA analysisafter arrest for a violent felony. Clarifies that the Departmentof Forensic Science may retain a DNA sample from a person who wasarrested for a violent felony if such person was convicted of a misdemeanoroffense that would otherwise require the sample to remain in theDNA data bank.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0087) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB821ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB821) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Clinton L. Jenkins — primary (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102827D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB821)
- 2020-01-26 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB821ER)
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-21 Signed by President
- 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 2020-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 87 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f6c7991-9548-417b-bba0-6c0dcd870e5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).