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Bill

Discovery in criminal cases; penalties, effective provision.

Discovery in criminal cases; penalties. Establishesrequirements and procedures for discovery by an accused and by the Commonwealthin a criminal case. The bill requires a party requesting discovery to requestthat the other party voluntarily comply with such request prior to filing anymotion before a judge. Upon receiving a negative or unsatisfactory response, orupon the passage of seven days following the receipt of the request withoutresponse, the party requesting discovery may file a motion for discovery withthe court. The bill details information that is subject to discovery andprovides a mechanism for redaction of certain personal identifying information.The bill also creates a procedure whereby the parties may conduct depositionsof witnesses prior to trial and use statements obtained during such depositionsfor impeachment at trial as a prior inconsistent statement. The bill creates aprocedure for either party to move the court to enter a protection order withregard to discovery and, if granted, the court may order any conditionlimiting, but not preventing, disclosure, so long as the condition is necessaryto the orderly adjudication of the case or to the fair administration ofjustice. Finally, the bill (i) makes it a Class 6 felony for any person towillfully omit or misrepresent evidence or information required to be disclosedto the accused, (ii) makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to willfullyomit or misrepresent any other evidence of information required to bedisclosed, and (iii) grants the court the ability to impose additional remediesit deems just if a party fails to comply with any of the requirements.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 873

Virginia HB 873 (2020)

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enacted

Jeffrey M. Bourne

2020-01-07

2020-04-11

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ocd-bill/4c887fe4-1420-45ea-a66e-76e8bda0e0e1

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB873

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

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 873 (2020) — Discovery in criminal cases; penalties, effective provision.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1167) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB873ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB873H1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (HB873) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 7-N) — 10–7 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — 55–44 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) — 28–11 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101904D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-01-08 Impact statement from VCSC (HB873)
2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB873)
2020-02-04 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
2020-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 7-N) committee-passage
2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107766D-H1 substitution
2020-02-07 Incorporates HB1153 (Lopez)
2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107766D-H1
2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB873H1
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB873H1)
2020-02-24 Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
2020-02-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-05 Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) passage
2020-03-12 Enrolled
2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB873ER)
2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-12 Signed by President
2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1167 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c887fe4-1420-45ea-a66e-76e8bda0e0e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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