republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1365.md

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Bill	Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; created.	Data governance; Office of Data Governance andAnalytics; Chief Data Officer; Virginia Data Commission; report.Creates the Office of Data Governance (the Office) in the Officeof the Secretary of Administration, to be directed by the existing Chief Data Officer of the Commonwealth. The Office is charged withoverseeing general data governance in the Commonwealth, as well asdeveloping and managing the Commonwealth Data Trust, a multi-stakeholderdata exchange and analytics platform. A multi-level governance structureis established to govern the Trust. The bill also establishes theadvisory Virginia Data Commission to advise the Office on issuesrelating to data sharing.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1365	Virginia SB 1365 (2021)	bill		enacted	George L. Barker	5	45	10	2021-01-13	2021-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/eba09456-ea9f-4b6f-856e-64603105d27f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1365	99cf412f89eb29f0daf3bc725bfc2c5ebfd78a72d43f9ac0e971def2e35a8b2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1365 (2021) — Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; created.

Data governance; Office of Data Governance andAnalytics; Chief Data Officer; Virginia Data Commission; report.Creates the Office of Data Governance (the Office) in the Officeof the Secretary of Administration, to be directed by the existing Chief Data Officer of the Commonwealth. The Office is charged withoverseeing general data governance in the Commonwealth, as well asdeveloping and managing the Commonwealth Data Trust, a multi-stakeholderdata exchange and analytics platform. A multi-level governance structureis established to govern the Trust. The bill also establishes theadvisory Virginia Data Commission to advise the Office on issuesrelating to data sharing.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0314 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21104189D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 21200308D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101944D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1365ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N) — 55–41 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Communications, Technology and Innovation — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 9-N) — 11–9 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• George L. Barker — primary (person)
• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101944D introduction
• 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1365)
• 2021-01-27 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Committee substitute printed 21104189D-S1 substitution
• 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB1365S1)
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Reading of amendments waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee amendments rejected
• 2021-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21104189D-S1
• 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1365S1
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Communications, Technology and Innovation
• 2021-02-15 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-15 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-15 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-22 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-22 Committee substitute printed 21200308D-H1 substitution
• 2021-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB1365H1)
• 2021-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-24 Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovationa amendments rejected
• 2021-02-24 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21200308D-H1
• 2021-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1365H1
• 2021-02-24 Passed House with substitute (56-Y 41-N) passage
• 2021-02-24 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N)
• 2021-02-25 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-25 Title replaced 21200308D-H1
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB1365ER)
• 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 314 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eba09456-ea9f-4b6f-856e-64603105d27f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).