republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-215.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	FOIA; removal of Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files.	Virginia Freedom of Information Act; removalof Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files. Removes the requirement that persons to whom non-ongoing criminal investigation files shall otherwise be disclosedbe citizens of the Commonwealth. Current law limits disclosure ofpublic records to individuals who are citizens of the Commonwealthunless a clear exception applies.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 215	Virginia SB 215 (2024)	bill		enacted	Russet Perry	3	28	7	2024-01-08	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/88cb468b-a41e-4290-94ea-fdf92a824308	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB215	78f2ea6ec1cf7e0716ea2c61330d014af5ecfcacb386886fbcac34b91a597ae9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 215 (2024) — FOIA; removal of Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; removalof Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files. Removes the requirement that persons to whom non-ongoing criminal investigation files shall otherwise be disclosedbe citizens of the Commonwealth. Current law limits disclosure ofpublic records to individuals who are citizens of the Commonwealthunless a clear exception applies.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0582 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100018D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB215ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Russet Perry — primary (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100018D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB215)
• 2024-01-24 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2024-01-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-22 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB215ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB215ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 582 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0582)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88cb468b-a41e-4290-94ea-fdf92a824308. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).