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| Bill | Criminal records; sealing of records, Sealing Fee Fund created, penalties, report. | Automatic expungement of criminal records; penalties. Establishes a process for the automatic expungement, defined in the bill, of criminal records for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed. The bill also provides a process for the automatic expungement of criminal records for charges arising from mistaken identity or the unauthorized use of identifying information. The bill has staggered delayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementing the provisions of the bill. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2113 | Virginia HB 2113 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2113 (2021) — Criminal records; sealing of records, Sealing Fee Fund created, penalties, report.
Automatic expungement of criminal records; penalties. Establishes a process for the automatic expungement, defined in the bill, of criminal records for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed. The bill also provides a process for the automatic expungement of criminal records for charges arising from mistaken identity or the unauthorized use of identifying information. The bill has staggered delayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementing the provisions of the bill. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0542 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103933D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21200347D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's substitute printed 21200869D-H3 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2113ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB2113ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 40-N) — 59–40 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N) — 59–39 (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N 1-A) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 17-N) — 23–16 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 6-N) — 14–6 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N) — 26–13 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 39-N) — 58–39 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (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)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102655D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-27 Committee substitute printed 21103298D-H1
substitution - 2021-01-27 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-01-28 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
referral-committee - 2021-01-28 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113)
- 2021-01-28 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113H1)
- 2021-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 2021-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-29 Committee substitute printed 21103933D-H2
substitution - 2021-02-01 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113H2)
- 2021-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB2113H2)
- 2021-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-02 Committee on Courts of Justice substitute rejected 21103298D-H1
- 2021-02-02 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21103933D-H2
- 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2113H2
- 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N)
- 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-17 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-17 Committee substitute printed 21200347D-S1
substitution - 2021-02-17 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-02-19 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113S1)
- 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB2113S1)
- 2021-02-22 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-25 Passed by temporarily
- 2021-02-25 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-02-25 Committee substitute agreed to 21200347D-S1
- 2021-02-25 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2113S1
- 2021-02-25 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N)
passage - 2021-02-25 Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2021-02-25 Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N)
passage - 2021-02-25 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-25 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200347D-S1 (59-Y 39-N)
- 2021-02-25 VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 39-N)
- 2021-03-09 Enrolled
- 2021-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB2113ER)
- 2021-03-09 Signed by President
- 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-31 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2021-03-31 Governor's substitute printed 21200869D-H3
- 2021-04-02 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113H3)
- 2021-04-07 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-04-07 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (60-Y 40-N)
- 2021-04-07 VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 40-N)
- 2021-04-07 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 17-N)
- 2021-04-07 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2021-04-07 Reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Reenrolled bill text (HB2113ER2)
- 2021-04-07 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Enacted, Chapter 542 (effective - see bill)
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Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce84e5cb-59c6-4946-b234-1dd3d4f199cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).