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| Bill | Facial recognition technology; authorization of use by local law-enforcement agencies, etc. | Facial recognition technology; authorizationof use by local law-enforcement agencies and public institutionsof higher education. Allows a locality or a public institutionof higher education to authorize a local law-enforcement agency orcampus police department to purchase or deploy facial recognitiontechnology, which is defined in the bill. The bill prohibits a locallaw-enforcement agency or public institution of higher education currentlyusing facial recognition technology from continuing to use suchtechnology without such authorization after July 1, 2021. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2031 | Virginia HB 2031 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2031 (2021) — Facial recognition technology; authorization of use by local law-enforcement agencies, etc.
Facial recognition technology; authorizationof use by local law-enforcement agencies and public institutionsof higher education. Allows a locality or a public institutionof higher education to authorize a local law-enforcement agency orcampus police department to purchase or deploy facial recognitiontechnology, which is defined in the bill. The bill prohibits a locallaw-enforcement agency or public institution of higher education currentlyusing facial recognition technology from continuing to use suchtechnology without such authorization after July 1, 2021.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0537 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2031ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB2031ER2 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101718D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 21101718D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N) — 98–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101718D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-18 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-19 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-20 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-20 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2021-01-20 Engrossed by House as amended HB2031E
- 2021-01-20 Printed as engrossed 21101718D-E
- 2021-01-21 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-21 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2021-01-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-01-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2021-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB2031E)
- 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-10 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-15 Reading of amendment waived
- 2021-02-15 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2021-02-15 Passed by for the day
- 2021-02-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-16 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-16 Reading of amendments waived
- 2021-02-16 Amendments by Senator McDougle agreed to
amendment-passage - 2021-02-16 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2021-02-16 Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-18 Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-18 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2031ER)
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-31 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2021-04-07 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-04-07 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 1-N)
- 2021-04-07 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N)
- 2021-04-07 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2021-04-07 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2021-04-07 Reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Reenrolled bill text (HB2031ER2)
- 2021-04-07 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Enacted, Chapter 537 (effective 7/1/21)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88df806c-fa9b-455f-8ae1-ffc5e1ff969e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).