Criminal records; establishes a process for automatic expungement, etc., report. (HB2113)
Introduced By
Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) with support from 31 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Lashrecse D. Aird (D-Petersburg), Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), Del. Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Lee Carter (D-Manassas), Del. Josh Cole (D-Stafford), Del. Carrie Coyner (R-Chesterfield), Del. Angelia Williams Graves (D-Norfolk), Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City), Del. Cliff Hayes (D-Chesapeake), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Clinton Jenkins (D-Suffolk), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Candi King (D-Woodbridge), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Sterling), Del. Kathy Tran (D-Springfield)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Sealing of criminal records; penalties. Establishes a process for the automatic sealing of police and court records, defined in the bill, for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed. The bill also allows a person to petition for the sealing of police and court records relating to certain convictions. The bill has staggered delayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementing the provisions of the bill. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission and is identical to SB 1339. Read the Bill »
Status
04/07/2021: enacted
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/12/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102655D |
| 01/12/2021 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/27/2021 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/27/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103298D-H1 |
| 01/27/2021 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/28/2021 | Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety |
| 01/28/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113) |
| 01/28/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113H1) |
| 01/29/2021 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/29/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) |
| 01/29/2021 | Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/29/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103933D-H2 |
| 02/01/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113H2) |
| 02/01/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2113H2) |
| 02/01/2021 | Read first time |
| 02/02/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/02/2021 | Committee on Courts of Justice substitute rejected 21103298D-H1 |
| 02/02/2021 | Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21103933D-H2 |
| 02/02/2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2113H2 |
| 02/03/2021 | Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N) |
| 02/03/2021 | VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/04/2021 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/17/2021 | Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21200347D-S1 |
| 02/17/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 02/19/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113S1) |
| 02/19/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2113S1) |
| 02/22/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) |
| 02/24/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/25/2021 | Passed by temporarily |
| 02/25/2021 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/25/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21200347D-S1 |
| 02/25/2021 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2113S1 |
| 02/25/2021 | Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N 1-A) |
| 02/25/2021 | Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/25/2021 | Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200347D-S1 (59-Y 39-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 39-N) |
| 03/09/2021 | Enrolled |
| 03/09/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2113ER) |
| 03/09/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2113ER) |
| 03/09/2021 | Signed by President |
| 03/11/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/15/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021 |
| 03/15/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/31/2021 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
| 03/31/2021 | Governor's substitute printed 21200869D-H3 |
| 04/02/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2113H3) |
| 04/07/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 04/07/2021 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (60-Y 40-N) |
| 04/07/2021 | VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 40-N) |
| 04/07/2021 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 17-N) |
| 04/07/2021 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
| 04/07/2021 | Reenrolled |
| 04/07/2021 | Reenrolled bill text (HB2113ER2) |
| 04/07/2021 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 04/07/2021 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 04/07/2021 | Enacted, Chapter 542 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 04/07/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542) |
| 04/07/2021 | Enacted, Chapter 542 (effective - see bill) |