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type: "Bill"
title: "Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; created."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1365"
citation: "Virginia SB 1365 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eba09456-ea9f-4b6f-856e-64603105d27f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1365"
source_hash: "99cf412f89eb29f0daf3bc725bfc2c5ebfd78a72d43f9ac0e971def2e35a8b2f"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0314)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21104189D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1365S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 21200308D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1365H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101944D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1365)
5. **SB1365ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1365ER)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N) — **5541** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Communications, Technology and Innovation — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 9-N) — **119** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N) — **138** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eba09456-ea9f-4b6f-856e-64603105d27f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).