republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2546.md

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Bill	Electronic communication service or remote computing service; obtaining records without a warrant.	Obtaining records concerning electronic communication service or remote computing service without a warrant. Provides that when disclosure of real-time location data or subscriber data is not prohibited by federal law, an investigative or law-enforcement officer may obtain real-time location data or subscriber data without a warrant if the investigative or law-enforcement officer reasonably believes that (i) an individual or group of individuals has made a credible threat via electronic communication to commit an act of violence upon the property, including the buildings and grounds thereof, of any (a) child day center, including any preschool program offered by a publicly funded provider; (b) preschool or nursery program certified by the Board of Education; or (c) public, private, or religious elementary or secondary school and (ii) a warrant cannot be obtained in time to prevent the identified danger or identify the source of the threat. The bill also provides that no real-time location data or subscriber data shall be admissible in a criminal proceeding unless a judge finds that probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant existed at the time of the search and such data is otherwise admissible, provided that no such data obtained is presented to establish the necessary probable cause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2546	Virginia HB 2546 (2025)	bill		enacted	Sam Rasoul	7	32	7	2025-01-10	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/9f7c8874-3d95-41d6-a263-5cc78718a593	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2546	a33122396b0b777ed842569155c41ebc44dab88fe801146ee645062b5b0f40dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2546 (2025) — Electronic communication service or remote computing service; obtaining records without a warrant.

Obtaining records concerning electronic communication service or remote computing service without a warrant. Provides that when disclosure of real-time location data or subscriber data is not prohibited by federal law, an investigative or law-enforcement officer may obtain real-time location data or subscriber data without a warrant if the investigative or law-enforcement officer reasonably believes that (i) an individual or group of individuals has made a credible threat via electronic communication to commit an act of violence upon the property, including the buildings and grounds thereof, of any (a) child day center, including any preschool program offered by a publicly funded provider; (b) preschool or nursery program certified by the Board of Education; or (c) public, private, or religious elementary or secondary school and (ii) a warrant cannot be obtained in time to prevent the identified danger or identify the source of the threat. The bill also provides that no real-time location data or subscriber data shall be admissible in a criminal proceeding unless a judge finds that probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant existed at the time of the search and such data is otherwise admissible, provided that no such data obtained is presented to establish the necessary probable cause.

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 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sam Rasoul — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102127D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-18 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2025-01-24 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-24 Committee substitute printed 25105994D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-24 Substitute bill reprinted 25105994D
• 2025-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-29 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Reading of amendments waived
• 2025-02-19 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Senate Amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2546ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 286 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f7c8874-3d95-41d6-a263-5cc78718a593. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).