SB 781 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Retired or former law-enforcement officers; publication of personal information.

Summary
Publication of personal information of retired or former law-enforcement officers. Adds retired or former law-enforcement officers, defined in the bill, to the definition of "public official" for the purposes of prohibiting the Commonwealth from publishing a public official's personal information on the Internet. The bill clarifies that such retired or former law-enforcement officer be in good standing with no pending investigations or disciplinary actions. The bill provides that the demand in writing required to prohibit the publication of such personal information shall be effective for a period of four years, provided that such retired or former law-enforcement officer was retired or ended his service within four years of filing a petition with a circuit court. This bill is identical to HB 1874.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Dec 26, 2024 Signed Mar 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill converts SB 781 from an enrolled bill to a chaptered act, making it officially part of the Virginia Code. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, with no modifications to the protections for public officials regarding internet publication of personal information.
TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout changes from legislative markup to final chaptered format, including removal of session headers and addition of chapter number and approval date.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

370
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Jan 14, 2025
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB781ER)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Dec 26, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jennifer Carroll Foy
Jennifer Carroll Foy
DDemocratic
VA
33