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| Bill | Witness impeachment evidence designation; review process. | Witness impeachment evidence designation; review process. Provides a review process when the attorney for the Commonwealth designates a law-enforcement officer as a witness with a witness impeachment evidence designation within certain time frames specified in the bill. The bill defines "witness impeachment evidence designation" as a determination that is made by or a designation that is created by the attorney for the Commonwealth relating to a law-enforcement officer who has engaged in conduct that meets the requirements for disclosure in a criminal prosecution according to the Constitution of the United States for any criminal prosecution in which the officer is a participant. The bill prohibits a law-enforcement officer from being discharged, disciplined, or threatened with discharge or discipline solely due to the designation of such officer as a witness with a witness impeachment evidence designation. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 974 | Virginia HB 974 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 974 (2026) — Witness impeachment evidence designation; review process.
Witness impeachment evidence designation; review process. Provides a review process when the attorney for the Commonwealth designates a law-enforcement officer as a witness with a witness impeachment evidence designation within certain time frames specified in the bill. The bill defines "witness impeachment evidence designation" as a determination that is made by or a designation that is created by the attorney for the Commonwealth relating to a law-enforcement officer who has engaged in conduct that meets the requirements for disclosure in a criminal prosecution according to the Constitution of the United States for any criminal prosecution in which the officer is a participant. The bill prohibits a law-enforcement officer from being discharged, disciplined, or threatened with discharge or discipline solely due to the designation of such officer as a witness with a witness impeachment evidence designation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Criminal Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 63–33 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 70–28 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103116D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-07 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-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
- 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB974)
- 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB974)
- 2026-03-05 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-05 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage - 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Senate amendments agreed to by House (70-Y 28-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB974ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB974)
- 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 441 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10d13fb4-cfb2-4b8e-a0a8-3852b1d84ed9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).