republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-266.md

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Bill	Custodial interrogation of a child; failure to comply with section, inadmissibility of statement.	Custodial interrogation of a child; failure to comply with section; inadmissibility of statement. Provides that if a law-enforcement officer knowingly fails to comply with existing law regarding parental notification and contact prior to a custodial interrogation of a child, any statements made by such child shall be inadmissible in any delinquency proceeding or criminal proceeding against such child, unless the attorney for the Commonwealth proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the statement was made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 266	Virginia HB 266 (2024)	bill		enacted	Vivian E. Watts	4	32	7	2024-01-05	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/71243317-01f0-4ab6-869a-68cd9ee54d1f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB266	5734c5dc3def640fad2a850c7f2619d7d7d225cba18ab56e2a6860fa13707b84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 266 (2024) — Custodial interrogation of a child; failure to comply with section, inadmissibility of statement.

Custodial interrogation of a child; failure to comply with section; inadmissibility of statement. Provides that if a law-enforcement officer knowingly fails to comply with existing law regarding parental notification and contact prior to a custodial interrogation of a child, any statements made by such child shall be inadmissible in any delinquency proceeding or criminal proceeding against such child, unless the attorney for the Commonwealth proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the statement was made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0719 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106398D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB266ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101819D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 3-N) — 96–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101819D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-26 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 24106398D-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 24106398D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB266H1 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 with amendment (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 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 3-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 3-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB266ER) 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 719 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71243317-01f0-4ab6-869a-68cd9ee54d1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).