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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; disclosure of certain law-enforcement records."
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description: "Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; closed meetings; disclosure of certain law-enforcement records. Provides an exemption to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to allow closed meetings for discussion or consideration by any law-enforcement civilian oversight body established pursuant to general law or established by a local governing body before July 1, 2020, and operating in a manner consistent with such law of the criminal investigative files, audit findings, and deliberations regarding police operations related to a specific complaint before the body involving any violation or attempted violation of certain offenses. The bill allows inspection of certain law-enforcement records concerning juveniles by such civilian oversight bodies when required to perform their duties and by any independent policing auditor, manager, director, or other person appointed by the local governing body to support such civilian oversight body. Finally, the bill allows disclosure of certain information regarding crimes involving sexual assault, sexual abuse, or family abuse to such civilian oversight body and independent policing auditor, manager, director, or other person appointed by the local governing body."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1476"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1476 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charlie Schmidt"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d759285-977c-41fa-89dd-7dd58b4e493f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1476"
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source_hash: "96af6edd69ddcc020dbb39aa21b7ac5f12568cc874517a66f2d0087a6813871c"
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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 1476 (2026) — Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; disclosure of certain law-enforcement records.
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Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; closed meetings; disclosure of certain law-enforcement records. Provides an exemption to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to allow closed meetings for discussion or consideration by any law-enforcement civilian oversight body established pursuant to general law or established by a local governing body before July 1, 2020, and operating in a manner consistent with such law of the criminal investigative files, audit findings, and deliberations regarding police operations related to a specific complaint before the body involving any violation or attempted violation of certain offenses. The bill allows inspection of certain law-enforcement records concerning juveniles by such civilian oversight bodies when required to perform their duties and by any independent policing auditor, manager, director, or other person appointed by the local governing body to support such civilian oversight body. Finally, the bill allows disclosure of certain information regarding crimes involving sexual assault, sexual abuse, or family abuse to such civilian oversight body and independent policing auditor, manager, director, or other person appointed by the local governing body.
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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/1095383.PDF)
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2. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196418.HTML)
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3. **Public Safety Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133132.PDF)
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4. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1204064.HTML)
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5. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128454.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212567.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **60–38** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety with substitute — **14–8** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **22–18** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **59–39** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charlie Schmidt — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26104965D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Committee substitute printed 26107271D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-11** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Read third time and passed House (59-Y 39-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1476)
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- **2026-03-04** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** General Laws and Technology Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 18-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate amendments agreed to by House (60-Y 38-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1476ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1476)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 861 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/5d759285-977c-41fa-89dd-7dd58b4e493f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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