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type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems."
description: "Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems. Creates a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Body-WornCamera System Fund to assist state or local law-enforcement agencieswith the costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining body-worn camera systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1119"
citation: "Virginia SB 1119 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-12-22"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a8682ab-9e5d-421d-9255-64902f03245b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1119"
source_hash: "de41da859c8ef961ebe39905864d260ae77580adfe87bdb66f176b01604d3e11"
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 SB 1119 (2021) — Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems.
Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems. Creates a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Body-WornCamera System Fund to assist state or local law-enforcement agencieswith the costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining body-worn camera systems.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0335** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0335)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100957D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1119)
3. **SB1119ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1119ER)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Public Safety — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **961** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100957D `introduction`
- **2020-12-22** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1119)
- **2021-01-18** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-01** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Public Safety
- **2021-02-12** Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-24** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2021-02-24** Passed House with amendment (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
- **2021-02-25** House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
- **2021-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB1119ER)
- **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
- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (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/4a8682ab-9e5d-421d-9255-64902f03245b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).