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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Parole Board; investigation of cases for executive clemency."
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description: "Virginia Parole Board; investigation of cases for executive clemency. Requires all public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities to provide, to the extent permitted by law, copies of certain specified records upon request by the Virginia Parole Board related to cases in which executive clemency is sought or the Virginia Parole Board believes action on the part of the Governor is proper or in the best interest of the Commonwealth. The bill specifies that records of any general district court, juvenile and domestic relations district court, or circuit court and the Department of Forensic Science shall be subject to such provisions and that any records requested shall be provided to the Virginia Parole Board at no cost. The bill requires any requested records be provided within 30 working days of receiving the request. Additionally, the bill specifies that records obtained pursuant to such request shall be excluded from mandatory public disclosure in the same manner as the correspondence and working papers of the Office of the Governor under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1692"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1692 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ellen H. Campbell"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-04"
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last_action: "2025-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e26a6670-20d3-4db9-a3bb-e6abc94d02b9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1692"
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source_hash: "e432241ca364f926d487f58823dfc1d91d829385368a65841beef3aa75c06a20"
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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 1692 (2025) — Virginia Parole Board; investigation of cases for executive clemency.
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Virginia Parole Board; investigation of cases for executive clemency. Requires all public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities to provide, to the extent permitted by law, copies of certain specified records upon request by the Virginia Parole Board related to cases in which executive clemency is sought or the Virginia Parole Board believes action on the part of the Governor is proper or in the best interest of the Commonwealth. The bill specifies that records of any general district court, juvenile and domestic relations district court, or circuit court and the Department of Forensic Science shall be subject to such provisions and that any records requested shall be provided to the Virginia Parole Board at no cost. The bill requires any requested records be provided within 30 working days of receiving the request. Additionally, the bill specifies that records obtained pursuant to such request shall be excluded from mandatory public disclosure in the same manner as the correspondence and working papers of the Office of the Governor under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012675.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070878.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050432.HTML)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1028849.PDF)
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5. **Public Safety Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026947.HTML)
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6. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1056470.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060124.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ellen H. Campbell — primary (person)
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- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100761D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Referred from Courts of Justice and referred to Public Safety (Voice Vote) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1692)
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- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-24** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-29** Public Safety Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-01-29** Printed as engrossed 25100761D-E
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- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1692)
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2025-02-17** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1692ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-02-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1692)
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- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 12 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0012)
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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/e26a6670-20d3-4db9-a3bb-e6abc94d02b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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