republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2217.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Address confidentiality program; victims of sexual violence and human trafficking."
description: "Expands the types of crimes victims of which are eligible to apply for the address confidentiality program to include sexual violence. The bill provides that such programs may also include specialized services for victims of human trafficking. Current law permits victims of domestic violence and stalking to apply to this program. The bill requires that sexual or domestic violence programs be accredited by the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Program Professional Standards Committee to accept applications and authorizes crime victim and witness assistance programs to accept applications. The bill increases program participants' certification period from one to three years. The bill contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2217"
citation: "Virginia HB 2217 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Criminal Procedure", "Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David J. Toscano"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98c429b-b553-44fd-8454-d0da0ec5c073"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2217"
source_hash: "c2d5fb17fdcc491962085a4e13cf1087bdf817d2c928cb6ab82fb4b7783f924b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2217 (2017) — Address confidentiality program; victims of sexual violence and human trafficking.

Expands the types of crimes victims of which are eligible to apply for the address confidentiality program to include sexual violence. The bill provides that such programs may also include specialized services for victims of human trafficking. Current law permits victims of domestic violence and stalking to apply to this program. The bill requires that sexual or domestic violence programs be accredited by the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Program Professional Standards Committee to accept applications and authorizes crime victim and witness assistance programs to accept applications. The bill increases program participants' certification period from one to three years. The bill contains technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0498)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2217ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2217ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101245D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2217)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101245D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2217E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with amendments — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David J. Toscano — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101245D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2217E
- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17101245D-E
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-02-16** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2017-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-20** Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a98c429b-b553-44fd-8454-d0da0ec5c073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).