republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-970.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public agencies; exclusion from mandatory disclosure, privacy of personal information, penalty."
description: "Public agencies; privacy of personal information; penalty. Provides that public agencies shall not request personal donor information, defined in the bill, from (i) any individual or any entity organized under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) any bidder, offeror, or contractor of an agency. The bill prohibits such public agencies from disclosing personal information without the express, written permission of every individual who is identifiable from the potential release of such personal information, including individuals identifiable as members, supporters, or volunteers of, or donors to, the agency. The bill exempts the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006 from the requirements that public agencies protect personal information and refrain from requesting personal information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 970"
citation: "Virginia HB 970 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf60c727-1f40-47bb-933e-a399fdc821d1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB970"
source_hash: "8cbd0325ac8a788837159d828e6a03962ad03a8f7cac358ae5e34897d581424c"
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 970 (2022) — Public agencies; exclusion from mandatory disclosure, privacy of personal information, penalty.

Public agencies; privacy of personal information; penalty. Provides that public agencies shall not request personal donor information, defined in the bill, from (i) any individual or any entity organized under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) any bidder, offeror, or contractor of an agency. The bill prohibits such public agencies from disclosing personal information without the express, written permission of every individual who is identifiable from the potential release of such personal information, including individuals identifiable as members, supporters, or volunteers of, or donors to, the agency. The bill exempts the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006 from the requirements that public agencies protect personal information and refrain from requesting personal information.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0525** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0525)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105492D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB970H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22106759D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB970S1)
4. **HB970ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB970ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102746D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB970)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N) — **53–46** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102746D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB970)
- **2022-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- **2022-02-10** Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute printed 22105492D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22105492D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB970H1
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB970H1)
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-23** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22106759D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22106759D-S1
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB970S1
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB970S1)
- **2022-03-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106759D-S1 (54-Y 46-N)
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB970ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 525 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf60c727-1f40-47bb-933e-a399fdc821d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).