republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1140.md

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Bill	Drug-related investigations; use of confidential informants.	Use of confidential informants in drug-related investigations. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a model policy for the use of confidential informants in drug-related investigations and to include in such model policy that (i) no individual currently on probation or pretrial may serve as a confidential informant without notice to his probation, pretrial services, or parole officer; (ii) no individual who has, within the last six months, been found to have violated the terms of his probation or parole shall serve as a confidential informant whose testimony may be necessary in the prosecution of a criminal matter in the courts of the Commonwealth; (iii) law-enforcement personnel shall obtain approval from the appropriate local attorney for the Commonwealth prior to working with a confidential informant; and (iv) such confidential informant shall not unlawfully use or possess any controlled substances.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1140	Virginia HB 1140 (2026)	bill		enacted	Mike A. Cherry	7	36	9	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/69d8b42f-f423-4424-9eee-40ace3809356	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1140	1baa91e911793a534e462828679620b824f02d2446445ca9b67dc502890deb93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1140 (2026) — Drug-related investigations; use of confidential informants.

Use of confidential informants in drug-related investigations. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a model policy for the use of confidential informants in drug-related investigations and to include in such model policy that (i) no individual currently on probation or pretrial may serve as a confidential informant without notice to his probation, pretrial services, or parole officer; (ii) no individual who has, within the last six months, been found to have violated the terms of his probation or parole shall serve as a confidential informant whose testimony may be necessary in the prosecution of a criminal matter in the courts of the Commonwealth; (iii) law-enforcement personnel shall obtain approval from the appropriate local attorney for the Commonwealth prior to working with a confidential informant; and (iv) such confidential informant shall not unlawfully use or possess any controlled substances.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Public Safety Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mike A. Cherry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103740D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1140)
• 2026-02-05 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-06 Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-06 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1140)
• 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1140)
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1140ER) passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1140)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 742 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69d8b42f-f423-4424-9eee-40ace3809356. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).