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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to at least one adult occupant."
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description: "Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to occupants. Clarifies that if the owner of the place to be searched is not present, a copy of the search warrant and affidavit shall be given to at least one adult occupant of the place to be searched."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 404"
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citation: "Virginia SB 404 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fda7f95-d75a-4de4-9434-d7e764904fc4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB404"
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source_hash: "8233c1186844f07fc122d998d6d672d05b250a3ba83b54881a326b59b093e413"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 404 (2022) — Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to at least one adult occupant.
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Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to occupants. Clarifies that if the owner of the place to be searched is not present, a copy of the search warrant and affidavit shall be given to at least one adult occupant of the place to be searched.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0403** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0403)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100035D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB404)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 22100035D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB404E)
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4. **SB404ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB404ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
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- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100035D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-24** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2022-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2022-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB404E
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- **2022-01-27** Printed as engrossed 22100035D-E
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- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fda7f95-d75a-4de4-9434-d7e764904fc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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