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Bill Surveillance technology; reporting by state & local law-enforcement agencies, etc. Surveillance Technology Registry; created.Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department)to create and maintain a registry of surveillance technologies, definedin the bill, and related information provided by localities and toprovide notice to localities that fail to properly register. Thebill requires localities, prior to implementing the use of any surveillancetechnology, to register such surveillance technology with the SurveillanceTechnology Registry and provide information including (i) the type of surveillance technology used, (ii) the cost and vendor of thesurveillance technology, (iii) the approximate location of the surveillancetechnology, and (iv) any storage and use requirements for the surveillancetechnology. The bill requires the Department, for any type of surveillancetechnology that has not previously been registered, to request theJoint Commission on Technology and Science to study and issue a reporton such surveillance technology. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 1496 Virginia HB 1496 (2024)
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Virginia HB 1496 (2024) — Surveillance technology; reporting by state & local law-enforcement agencies, etc.

Surveillance Technology Registry; created.Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department)to create and maintain a registry of surveillance technologies, definedin the bill, and related information provided by localities and toprovide notice to localities that fail to properly register. Thebill requires localities, prior to implementing the use of any surveillancetechnology, to register such surveillance technology with the SurveillanceTechnology Registry and provide information including (i) the type of surveillance technology used, (ii) the cost and vendor of thesurveillance technology, (iii) the approximate location of the surveillancetechnology, and (iv) any storage and use requirements for the surveillancetechnology. The bill requires the Department, for any type of surveillancetechnology that has not previously been registered, to request theJoint Commission on Technology and Science to study and issue a reporton such surveillance technology.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0614 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24107026D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24107305D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Committee substitute printed 24108610D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Conference substitute printed 24109142D-H3 (committee substitute) — source
  6. HB1496ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) — 8117 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — 175 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N) — 195 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 8-N) — 128 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 6-N) — 886 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
  • A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
  • Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
  • Bill Wiley — cosponsor (person)
  • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric R. Zehr — cosponsor (person)
  • Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
  • James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
  • Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
  • W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
  • Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105314D introduction
  • 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
  • 2024-01-26 Assigned CT & I sub: Communications referral-committee
  • 2024-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB1496)
  • 2024-02-05 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-05 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-05 Committee substitute printed 24107026D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-05 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-06 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1496H1)
  • 2024-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 8-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-09 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-09 Committee substitute printed 24107305D-H2 substitution
  • 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1496H2)
  • 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-12 Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation substitute rejected 24107026D-H1
  • 2024-02-12 Committee on Apppropriations substitute agreed to 24107305D-H2 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1496H2 substitution
  • 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) passage
  • 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2024-02-21 Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 0-N) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-21 Rereferred to Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24108610D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-28 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1496S1)
  • 2024-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-06 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-03-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24108610D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-06 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2024-03-06 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2024-03-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1496S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-06 Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-07 Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 24108610D-S1 (1-Y 96-N) amendment-failure
  • 2024-03-07 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N)
  • 2024-03-07 Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-03-07 House acceded to request
  • 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-03-07 Senators: Surovell, Carroll Foy, Peake
  • 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-03-07 Delegates: Rasoul, Martinez, Lovejoy
  • 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-08 Conference substitute printed 24109142D-H3
  • 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 6-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 6-N)
  • 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1496H3)
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1496ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 614 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d57f725b-376e-49df-a985-f842ef0ca14c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).