republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2258.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substantial Risk Order Registry; maintenance by State Police."
description: "Substantial Risk Order Registry; maintenance and access. Authorizes the Department of State Police to release Substantial Risk Order Registry information upon request to institutions of higher education and other research organizations or institutions for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the impact of substantial risk orders on public safety. The bill requires the Department of State Police to remove the names and other personal identifying information from the data before it releases such information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2258"
citation: "Virginia HB 2258 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d1650b9-5b22-4ce8-ad12-cfbc9053f2d5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2258"
source_hash: "4ae2329c655294e03674f524e70ddea317e3c0717cf4114848922de116c643fe"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2258 (2021) — Substantial Risk Order Registry; maintenance by State Police.

Substantial Risk Order Registry; maintenance and access. Authorizes the Department of State Police to release Substantial Risk Order Registry information upon request to institutions of higher education and other research organizations or institutions for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the impact of substantial risk orders on public safety. The bill requires the Department of State Police to remove the names and other personal identifying information from the data before it releases such information.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0461** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0461)
2. **HB2258ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2258ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 21101516D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2258)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21101516D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2258E)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N) — **18–21** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (20-Y 19-N) — **20–19** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 6-N 1-A) — **8–6** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 21101516D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2258)
- **2021-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N)
- **2021-01-27** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Public Safety
- **2021-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N)
- **2021-01-27** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Public Safety
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Public Safety (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB2258E
- **2021-02-02** Printed as engrossed 21101516D-E
- **2021-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2258E)
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-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)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 6-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N)
- **2021-02-15** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **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** Amendment by Senator Surovell withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-02-16** Reading of amendments waived
- **2021-02-16** Amendments by Senator Morrisey agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate with amendments (20-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-18** Senate amendments agreed to by House (55-Y 43-N)
- **2021-02-18** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N)
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2258ER)
- **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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 461 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d1650b9-5b22-4ce8-ad12-cfbc9053f2d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).