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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information, criminal files."
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description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcementcriminal incident information; criminal investigative files. Adds criminal investigative files, defined in the bill, relatingto a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing, alsodefined in the bill, to the types of law-enforcement and criminalrecords required to be released in accordance with the provisionsof the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Under current law, therelease of criminal investigative files is discretionary. The billalso provides that the mandatory release of criminal incident informationrelating to felony offenses and criminal investigative files shallbe enjoined if a court finds by a preponderance of the evidence thatthe release of such information would likely effect certain results,outlined in the bill. The bill contains technical amendments. Thisbill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information AdvisoryCouncil."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2004"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2004 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris L. Hurst"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 16
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f66ad2bf-566d-4d9e-8397-492bf60d2e0f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2004"
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source_hash: "e90f08bcd377fefc38e5fa5fbe604176b6447afeffe0d44d7bacf32286e3c66c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2004 (2021) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information, criminal files.
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcementcriminal incident information; criminal investigative files. Adds criminal investigative files, defined in the bill, relatingto a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing, alsodefined in the bill, to the types of law-enforcement and criminalrecords required to be released in accordance with the provisionsof the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Under current law, therelease of criminal investigative files is discretionary. The billalso provides that the mandatory release of criminal incident informationrelating to felony offenses and criminal investigative files shallbe enjoined if a court finds by a preponderance of the evidence thatthe release of such information would likely effect certain results,outlined in the bill. The bill contains technical amendments. Thisbill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information AdvisoryCouncil.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0483** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0483)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21200329D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2004S1)
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3. **HB2004ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2004ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101252D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2004)
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## Votes
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N) — **23–15** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N) — **23–16** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N) — **4–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — **55–44** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 2-N 4-A) — **8–2** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N) — **1–96** (fail) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101252D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2021-01-21** Reported from General Laws (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2004)
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- **2021-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-25** Motion to refer to committee agreed to
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- **2021-01-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-26** Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-04** Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-04** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
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- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 2-N 4-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Committee substitute printed 21200329D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2021-02-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-25** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-02-25** Committee substitute agreed to 21200329D-S1
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- **2021-02-25** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2004S1
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- **2021-02-25** Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2004S1)
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- **2021-02-25** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-25** Senate substitute rejected by House 21200329D-S1 (1-Y 97-N)
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- **2021-02-25** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2021-02-25** House acceded to request
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- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2021-02-26** Amended by conference committee
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- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N)
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- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
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- **2021-02-27** VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N)
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- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2021-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB2004ER)
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- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
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- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 483 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f66ad2bf-566d-4d9e-8397-492bf60d2e0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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