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type: "Bill"
title: "Government, Data Collection & Dissemination Practices Act; dissemin. of personal to federal gov't."
description: "Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; dissemination of personal information to federal government; civil penalties. Provides that any agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall only disseminate personal information (i) to the extent necessary to comply with state or federal law, including the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; (ii) to the extent necessary to carry out the administration of a state or federal program pursuant to state or federal law; (iii) to comply with a subpoena, court order, or administrative proceeding; (iv) to the extent necessary to ensure fulfillment of the obligations of a purchase or contract made in accordance with the Virginia Public Procurement Act or a memorandum of understanding or management agreement made in accordance with the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; (v) when the data subject has given consent; or (vi) to the extent necessary to accomplish a proper purpose of the agency. The bill also prohibits an agency or political subdivision from selling personal information. The bill authorizes a court, in the case of a willful and knowing violation, to subject a specific public officer, appointee, or employee of any agency to civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1161"
citation: "Virginia HB 1161 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d695ad6-44fa-42ae-9569-73e988389fdb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1161"
source_hash: "f9364c2607553ad54060ad3004d62a91850e65aee21ba66d0ea48e55d08905cc"
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 1161 (2026) — Government, Data Collection & Dissemination Practices Act; dissemin. of personal to federal gov't.
Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; dissemination of personal information to federal government; civil penalties. Provides that any agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall only disseminate personal information (i) to the extent necessary to comply with state or federal law, including the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; (ii) to the extent necessary to carry out the administration of a state or federal program pursuant to state or federal law; (iii) to comply with a subpoena, court order, or administrative proceeding; (iv) to the extent necessary to ensure fulfillment of the obligations of a purchase or contract made in accordance with the Virginia Public Procurement Act or a memorandum of understanding or management agreement made in accordance with the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; (v) when the data subject has given consent; or (vi) to the extent necessary to accomplish a proper purpose of the agency. The bill also prohibits an agency or political subdivision from selling personal information. The bill authorizes a court, in the case of a willful and knowing violation, to subject a specific public officer, appointee, or employee of any agency to civil penalties.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087575.PDF)
2. **Delegate Williams Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1113804.HTML)
3. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195928.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212380.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws — **156** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **96** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **2119** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **6632** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **6234** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **73** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **6732** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105209D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- **2026-01-29** Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Floor offered Delegate Williams Amendments
- **2026-02-03** Passed by temporarily
- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** Delegate Williams Floor amendments passed by (62-Y 34-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-04** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-05** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-09** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-10** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Senate committee offered
- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Committee substitute printed 26108358D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute agreed to by House (67-Y 32-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1161ER) `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`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 748 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d695ad6-44fa-42ae-9569-73e988389fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).