Virginia 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 208 — Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records, law-enforcement access, victim notification.

Last action — Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records;law-enforcement access; victim notification. Provides access to confidential Department of Juvenile Justice records to (i) any full-timeor part-time employee of the Department of State Police or of a policedepartment or sheriff's office that is a part of or administeredby the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof and whois responsible for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or motorvehicle laws of the Commonwealth having a need for juvenile offensehistory or identifying information of a juvenile and his family members,including juvenile names, parent or guardian names, addresses, datesof birth, photographs, and phone numbers, and (ii) with the exceptionof medical, psychiatric, and psychological records and reports, any victim, as defined in existing law, when release of the confidentialinformation is only to notify such victim of a juvenile's releasefrom the custody of a local or regional juvenile detention center,community group home, residential care facility, mental health facility,secure alternative placement, or commitment to the Department ofJuvenile Justice for any offense such juvenile committed against suchvictim. This bill contains technical amendments.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)

  2. Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB208)

  4. Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name

  5. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104036D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)

Passed 9 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9600
Total 9600
% of votes cast 60%40%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Carroll Foy, Jennifer D. — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Nay
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Lashrecse D. Aird — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Nay
Mark J. Peake — Nay
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Nay
Russet Perry — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Nay
Saddam Azlan Salim — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 208 do?
Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records;law-enforcement access; victim notification. Provides access to confidential Department of Juvenile Justice records to (i) any full-timeor part-time employee of the Department of State Police or of a policedepartment or sheriff's office that is a part of or administeredby the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof and whois responsible for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or motorvehicle laws of the Commonwealth having a need for juvenile offensehistory or identifying information of a juvenile and his family members,including juvenile names, parent or guardian names, addresses, datesof birth, photographs, and phone numbers, and (ii) with the exceptionof medical, psychiatric, and psychological records and reports, any victim, as defined in existing law, when release of the confidentialinformation is only to notify such victim of a juvenile's releasefrom the custody of a local or regional juvenile detention center,community group home, residential care facility, mental health facility,secure alternative placement, or commitment to the Department ofJuvenile Justice for any offense such juvenile committed against suchvictim. This bill contains technical amendments.
Who sponsors SB 208?
SB 208 is sponsored by J.D. "Danny" Diggs.
What is the current status of SB 208?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 208?
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