HB 803 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Juveniles; expungement of court records.

Summary
Expungement of juvenile court records. Provides that if a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult, other than murder, kidnapping, robbery, or rape, and such juvenile was 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense, the court records shall be destroyed when the juvenile has attained the age of 29. The bill provides that if a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent of murder, kidnapping, robbery, or rape and such juvenile was 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense, the court records shall be retained. Under current law, the court records shall be retained in all instances when a juvenile was found guilty of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult. The bill directs the clerk of the juvenile and domestic relations district court to expunge all records pursuant to the bill by July 1, 2027.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Vetoed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 29, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 29, 2024
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
57
Key actions
20
Committee
16
Amendments
2
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB803ER)
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB803E
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

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