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Bill	Artificial intelligence-based tool; definition, use of tool.	Use of artificial intelligence-based tool. Requires that the recommendations or predictions provided by any artificial intelligence-based tool, as such term is defined in the bill, shall not be the sole basis for any decision related to pre-trial detention or release, prosecution, adjudication, sentencing, probation, parole, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of criminal offenders, provided that any such decision is made by the judicial officer or other person charged with making such decision. The bill provides that the use of any artificial intelligence-based tool shall be subject to any challenge or objection as permitted by law.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 1642	Virginia HB 1642 (2025)	bill		enacted	C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.	7	43	9	2025-01-03	2025-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1506c553-e87c-4631-8f57-3566910863ca	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1642	009c9577dc652f3a93b11b09617661a7992a6f8943cfd8b53c4733af0d0a2402	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1642 (2025) — Artificial intelligence-based tool; definition, use of tool.

Use of artificial intelligence-based tool. Requires that the recommendations or predictions provided by any artificial intelligence-based tool, as such term is defined in the bill, shall not be the sole basis for any decision related to pre-trial detention or release, prosecution, adjudication, sentencing, probation, parole, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of criminal offenders, provided that any such decision is made by the judicial officer or other person charged with making such decision. The bill provides that the use of any artificial intelligence-based tool shall be subject to any challenge or objection as permitted by law.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
6. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N) — 96–1 (pass) · lower
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102252D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-12 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1642)
• 2025-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-01-17 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-17 Committee substitute printed 25105148D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-22 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-22 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-23 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-01-24 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-12 Committee substitute printed 25106969D-S1 substitution
• 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-17 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-02-17 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-17 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1642)
• 2025-02-18 Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2025-02-20 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1642ER) passage
• 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-23 Signed by President passage
• 2025-02-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1642)
• 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (HB1642ER2) enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 637 (Effective 07/01/25) became-law
• 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1506c553-e87c-4631-8f57-3566910863ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).