republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-16.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Search warrants, subpoenas, court orders, or other process; menstrual health data prohibited."
description: "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 is identical to HB 78."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Virginia SB 16 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-11-27"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bfeaab4-4ae5-456e-b5be-ed672529c8a7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB16"
source_hash: "1623a98d9dde204a3d8d8d39db882e0d7940214f16787cb6b996f25eb03112cf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 16 (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 is identical to HB 78.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0571** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0571)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106050D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB16S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24107823D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB16H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100007D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB16)
5. **SB16ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB16ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) — **50–49** (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
- Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100007D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-11-27** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Rereferred from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Rereferred to Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24106050D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24106050D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB16S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Committee substitute printed 24107823D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-16** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Committee substitute rejected 24107823D-H1
- **2024-02-21** Amendment by Delegate Watts agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2024-02-21** Passed House with amendment (51-Y 49-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** House amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB16ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed Senate and House reprinted (SB16ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 571 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0571)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bfeaab4-4ae5-456e-b5be-ed672529c8a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).