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Bill Cell phone records; investigation of missing persons. Cell phone records; missing persons. Providesthat a court shall issue an order for disclosure of records or otherinformation pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of a providerof electronic communication service or remote computing service,including a foreign corporation that provides such services, onlyif the investigative or law-enforcement officer shows that thereis reason to believe the records or other information sought are relevant and material to the investigation of any missing person (i) whosewhereabouts are unknown and (ii) who has been reported missing toa law-enforcement agency. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 1217 Virginia HB 1217 (2024)
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Virginia HB 1217 (2024) — Cell phone records; investigation of missing persons.

Cell phone records; missing persons. Providesthat a court shall issue an order for disclosure of records or otherinformation pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of a providerof electronic communication service or remote computing service,including a foreign corporation that provides such services, onlyif the investigative or law-enforcement officer shows that thereis reason to believe the records or other information sought are relevant and material to the investigation of any missing person (i) whosewhereabouts are unknown and (ii) who has been reported missing toa law-enforcement agency.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0325 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24106582D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1217ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102707D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Eric R. Zehr — primary (person)
  • Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102707D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-01-26 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-02 Committee substitute printed 24106582D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 24106582D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1217H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1217ER) passage
  • 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 325 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2846f62-4b65-41ad-aed5-310153540a21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).