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Bill	Search warrants, subpoenas, court orders, or other process; menstrual health data prohibited.	Search warrants, subpoenas, court orders, or other process; menstrual health data prohibited. Prohibits the issuance of a search warrant, subpoena, court order, or other process for the purpose of the search and seizure or production of menstrual health data, as defined in the bill, including data stored on a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information. This bill incorporates HB 1359 and is identical to SB 16.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 78	Virginia HB 78 (2024)	bill		enacted	Vivian E. Watts	5	34	7	2023-12-26	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/6e7baa6d-1c72-4958-ba7f-6ba677ae2f5c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB78	964e2183dc2e81fdcc09d5077794573746d2b5bade8cb1493d2b0009192829ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 78 (2024) — Search warrants, subpoenas, court orders, or other process; menstrual health data prohibited.

Search warrants, subpoenas, court orders, or other process; menstrual health data prohibited. Prohibits the issuance of a search warrant, subpoena, court order, or other process for the purpose of the search and seizure or production of menstrual health data, as defined in the bill, including data stored on a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information. This bill incorporates HB 1359 and is identical to SB 16.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0523 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107463D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108044D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB78ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100769D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) — 50–48 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 49-N) — 50–49 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-26 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100769D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-26 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute printed 24107463D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Incorporates HB1359 (Convirs-Fowler)
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107463D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB78H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-21 Committee substitute printed 24108044D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 24108044D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB78S1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108044D-S1 (51-Y 49-N) substitution
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 49-N)
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB78ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 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
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 523 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0523)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e7baa6d-1c72-4958-ba7f-6ba677ae2f5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).