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

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	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

04/18/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Finance and Appropriations Committee

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)