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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.
- CHAP0614 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107026D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107305D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108610D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Conference substitute printed 24109142D-H3 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1496ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N) — 1–95 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 8-N) — 12–8 (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 6-N) — 88–6 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (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).