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type: "Bill"
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title: "Juveniles; fingerprints, palm prints, and photographs, effective date."
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description: "Fingerprints, palm prints, and photographs of juveniles. Requires law-enforcement officers to obtain, electronically when possible, fingerprints, palm prints with accompanying distal prints, if available, and photographs of any juvenile taken into custody and charged with a delinquent act. The bill also requires such fingerprints, palm prints, or photographs to be both filed with the Central Criminal Records Exchange and submitted electronically, when possible, to the State Police to be maintained in a confidential and secure area within the system in which the record is maintained that is inaccessible during routine use of such system. The bill further requires any electronic record of such fingerprints, palm prints, or photographs to be destroyed as soon as possible after the State Police have been notified that a petition or warrant has not been filed against the juvenile. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 2472."
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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: "SB 1261"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1261 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddf03001-f9bb-4be8-a279-7e5ea38956c2"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1261"
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source_hash: "d9814f31b32d752a54a38ee232e7978c8a6f78c8e115329f081fb68870fe5690"
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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 SB 1261 (2025) — Juveniles; fingerprints, palm prints, and photographs, effective date.
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Fingerprints, palm prints, and photographs of juveniles. Requires law-enforcement officers to obtain, electronically when possible, fingerprints, palm prints with accompanying distal prints, if available, and photographs of any juvenile taken into custody and charged with a delinquent act. The bill also requires such fingerprints, palm prints, or photographs to be both filed with the Central Criminal Records Exchange and submitted electronically, when possible, to the State Police to be maintained in a confidential and secure area within the system in which the record is maintained that is inaccessible during routine use of such system. The bill further requires any electronic record of such fingerprints, palm prints, or photographs to be destroyed as soon as possible after the State Police have been notified that a petition or warrant has not been filed against the juvenile. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 2472.
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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/1018546.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071282.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024095.HTML)
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4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1042489.PDF)
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5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025805.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049816.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed House with substitute (66-Y 29-N) — **66–29** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103867D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-21** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-21** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-22** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-01-22** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1261E
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- **2025-01-22** Printed as engrossed 25103867D-E
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- **2025-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1261)
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- **2025-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Committee substitute printed 25106790D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-10** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-10** Passed House with substitute (66-Y 29-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1261)
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- **2025-02-12** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1261ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1261)
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (Effective 07/01/26) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112)
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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/ddf03001-f9bb-4be8-a279-7e5ea38956c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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