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type: "Bill"
title: "Deferred dispositions; expungement of police and court records."
description: "Deferred dispositions; expungement. Clarifies that a charged dismissed after a deferred disposition that may be eligible for expungement upon agreement of all parties includes an original charge that was reduced or a charge that is dismissed after a plea or stipulation of the facts that would justify a finding of guilt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Virginia SB 20 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-07"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e3e1a1-fc3b-4724-9b4a-99d6b922b1bb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB20"
source_hash: "96e49d3bae0d1215f7ac4936ee5b58edef827004f4c4151847d3751f7656a99d"
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 20 (2024) — Deferred dispositions; expungement of police and court records.
Deferred dispositions; expungement. Clarifies that a charged dismissed after a deferred disposition that may be eligible for expungement upon agreement of all parties includes an original charge that was reduced or a charge that is dismissed after a plea or stipulation of the facts that would justify a finding of guilt.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0755** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0755)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106864D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB20S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100882D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB20)
4. **SB20ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB20ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100882D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
- **2024-01-31** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute printed 24106864D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24106864D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB20S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB20S1)
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB20ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB20ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** 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`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 755 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e3e1a1-fc3b-4724-9b4a-99d6b922b1bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).