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| Bill | DNA; post-conviction testing. | Post-conviction testing of DNA. Permits private laboratories that are accredited and follow the appropriate Quality Assurance Standards issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to complete post-conviction testing of DNA evidence. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 1071 | Virginia SB 1071 (2020) |
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5 | 39 | 9 | 2020-01-17 | 2020-04-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/47e50e33-59ea-4eea-b170-d982304bfe72 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1071 | eedab1fc922dd9c5379ff19dc9f19cafcba198d4b7e4c21c7d1ed6d3001c38fd | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia SB 1071 (2020) — DNA; post-conviction testing.
Post-conviction testing of DNA. Permits private laboratories that are accredited and follow the appropriate Quality Assurance Standards issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to complete post-conviction testing of DNA evidence.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1282) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1071ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1071E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB1071) (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled bill text (SB1071ER2) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (90-Y 0-N) — 89–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20105999D
introduction - 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB1071)
- 2020-02-10 Reported from Judiciary with amendment (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-11 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-02-11 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1071E
- 2020-02-11 Printed as engrossed 20105999D-E
- 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB1071E)
- 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-14 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-27 Enrolled
- 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB1071ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-10 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- 2020-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 0-N)
- 2020-04-22 VOTE: (90-Y 0-N)
- 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB1071ER2)
- 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1282 (effective 7/1/20)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47e50e33-59ea-4eea-b170-d982304bfe72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).