republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1206.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confidentiality of juvenile court records; exceptions."
description: "Confidentiality of juvenile court records; exceptions. Provides that juvenile case files shall be open for inspection by(i) the Department of Social Services or any local department ofsocial services that is providing services or care for, or has accepteda referral for investigation and the provision of services pursuantto a request for relief of custody regarding, a juvenile who is thesubject of the record for (a) a purpose relevant to the provisionof the services or care or (b) the purpose of conducting an investigationor family assessment of child abuse or neglect involving the juvenilewho is the subject of the record and (ii) the Department of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services or any local community servicesboard that is providing treatment, services, or care for a juvenilewho is the subject of the record for a purpose relevant to the provisionof the treatment, services, or care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1206"
citation: "Virginia SB 1206 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f30bf919-9d5e-4d00-ada0-fbd137659e7b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1206"
source_hash: "9b07d363293a0c4e1a2cada1a7796b3bfd2f1900f21d35378a9c4e75f93c704e"
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 1206 (2021) — Confidentiality of juvenile court records; exceptions.

Confidentiality of juvenile court records; exceptions. Provides that juvenile case files shall be open for inspection by(i) the Department of Social Services or any local department ofsocial services that is providing services or care for, or has accepteda referral for investigation and the provision of services pursuantto a request for relief of custody regarding, a juvenile who is thesubject of the record for (a) a purpose relevant to the provisionof the services or care or (b) the purpose of conducting an investigationor family assessment of child abuse or neglect involving the juvenilewho is the subject of the record and (ii) the Department of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services or any local community servicesboard that is providing treatment, services, or care for a juvenilewho is the subject of the record for a purpose relevant to the provisionof the treatment, services, or care.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0466** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0466)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103296D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1206S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102736D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1206)
4. **SB1206ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1206ER)
5. **SB1206ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1206ES1)

## Votes

- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 7-N) — **8–7** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 11-N) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George L. Barker — primary (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102736D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Committee substitute printed 21103296D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 21103296D-S1
- **2021-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
- **2021-01-27** Amendments by Senator Barker agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB1206ES1
- **2021-01-27** Printed as engrossed 21103296D-ES1
- **2021-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- **2021-02-09** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1206ER)
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 466 (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/f30bf919-9d5e-4d00-ada0-fbd137659e7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).