republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-581.md

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Bill	Human trafficking; attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary response teams.	Human trafficking response teams. Requires attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary human trafficking response teams. The bill provides that each team shall hold a meeting, at least annually, to (i) discuss implementation of protocols and policies; (ii) establish and review guidelines for the community's response to various forms of human trafficking, including sex trafficking and labor trafficking; and (iii) review protocols for the trauma-informed, victim-centered collection, preservation, and secure storage of evidence from physical evidence recovery kit examinations. The bill also provides that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) shall not apply to human trafficking response teams, with certain exceptions.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 581	Virginia HB 581 (2024)	bill		enacted	Shelly A. Simonds	4	42	9	2024-01-09	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/dcfac753-ded0-4c7c-853c-c0db66891e18	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB581	dfa9b5d6a038685275154e8b0101c35450aab62a0018d612734ca51f2390ab14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 581 (2024) — Human trafficking; attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary response teams.

Human trafficking response teams. Requires attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary human trafficking response teams. The bill provides that each team shall hold a meeting, at least annually, to (i) discuss implementation of protocols and policies; (ii) establish and review guidelines for the community's response to various forms of human trafficking, including sex trafficking and labor trafficking; and (iii) review protocols for the trauma-informed, victim-centered collection, preservation, and secure storage of evidence from physical evidence recovery kit examinations. The bill also provides that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) shall not apply to human trafficking response teams, with certain exceptions.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0366 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB581ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104836D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24104836D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
• Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104836D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB581)
• 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Committee on Courts of Justice amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB581E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24104836D-E
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB581E)
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-28 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-01 VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB581ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB581ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 366 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-03 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0366)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dcfac753-ded0-4c7c-853c-c0db66891e18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).