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HB 2240 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Victims of crime; right to nondisclosure of certain information.

Summary
Requires that written consent provided by the victim's next of kin to law enforcement is necessary, if the victim is a minor, before a law-enforcement agency may disclose any information that identifies the victim of a crime that resulted in the victim's death.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 11, 2017 Signed Mar 13, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Mar 13, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 500 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 17, 2017
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N)
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2240H1
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104667D-H1
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102576D
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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