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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cell phone records; investigation of missing persons."
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description: "Cell phone records; missing persons. Providesthat a court shall issue an order for disclosure of records or otherinformation pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of a providerof electronic communication service or remote computing service,including a foreign corporation that provides such services, onlyif the investigative or law-enforcement officer shows that thereis reason to believe the records or other information sought are relevant and material to the investigation of any missing person (i) whosewhereabouts are unknown and (ii) who has been reported missing toa law-enforcement agency."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1217"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1217 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric R. Zehr"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2846f62-4b65-41ad-aed5-310153540a21"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1217"
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source_hash: "14a462a73ea0dd2055d2c8ab7d6517495154bdc9182b77da2be4cbf82ddea8a9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1217 (2024) — Cell phone records; investigation of missing persons.
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Cell phone records; missing persons. Providesthat a court shall issue an order for disclosure of records or otherinformation pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of a providerof electronic communication service or remote computing service,including a foreign corporation that provides such services, onlyif the investigative or law-enforcement officer shows that thereis reason to believe the records or other information sought are relevant and material to the investigation of any missing person (i) whosewhereabouts are unknown and (ii) who has been reported missing toa law-enforcement agency.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0325)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106582D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1217H1)
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3. **HB1217ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1217ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102707D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1217)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eric R. Zehr — primary (person)
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- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102707D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute printed 24106582D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 24106582D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1217H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1217ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 325 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2846f62-4b65-41ad-aed5-310153540a21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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