Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2080 — Physical evidence recovery kit tracking system.

Last action — Approved by Governor-Chapter 473 (effective 7/1/20)

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Provides that the Department of Forensic Science (Department) shall maintain a statewide electronic tracking system for physical evidence recovery kits where such kits will be assigned a unique identification number to track each kit from its distribution as an uncollected kit to the health care provider through to its destruction. The bill provides that the Department shall provide access to the tracking system to health care providers, law-enforcement agencies, the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The bill also provides that a health care provider shall inform the victim of sexual assault of the unique identification number assigned to the physical evidence recovery kit utilized by the health care provider during the forensic medical examination and provide the victim with information regarding the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system. The bill provides that records entered into the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

2 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments to Bill HB 2080 involve updating the header to include a specific chapter title, "CHAPTER 473," along with the date it was approved. It also removed a general reference to the "VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY." This change helps make the bill more specific and easier to identify within state legislation, which can improve clarity for lawmakers and the public.

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SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1.2 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-11.13, relating to Physical Evidence Recovery Kit Tracking System.
SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version CHAPTER 473 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1.2 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-11.13, relating to Physical Evidence Recovery Kit Tracking System.
[H 2080] Approved   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
[H 2080] Approved March 18, 2019   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor-Chapter 473 (effective 7/1/20)

  2. Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019

  3. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019

  4. Signed by President

  5. Signed by Speaker

  6. Enrolled

  7. Read third time

  8. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  9. Constitutional reading dispensed

  10. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

  11. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2080H1

  12. Committee substitute agreed to 19106263D-H1

  13. Read second time

  14. Read first time

  15. Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1

  16. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  17. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102186D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (144)

144 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 Senate

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 40000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Black — Yea
Chafin — Yea
Dance — Yea
Carrico — Yea
McClellan — Yea
Spruill — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Constitutional reading dispensed

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Total 37000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (37)
Member Party Vote
Black — Yea
Chafin — Yea
McClellan — Yea
Spruill — Yea
Carrico — Yea
Dance — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Reported from Courts of Justice

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Chafin — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18000
Total 18000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Campbell, J.L. — Yea
Campbell, R.R. — Yea
Collins — Yea
Gilbert — Yea
Miyares — Yea
Ransone — Yea
Toscano — Yea
Bourne — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2080 do?
Provides that the Department of Forensic Science (Department) shall maintain a statewide electronic tracking system for physical evidence recovery kits where such kits will be assigned a unique identification number to track each kit from its distribution as an uncollected kit to the health care provider through to its destruction. The bill provides that the Department shall provide access to the tracking system to health care providers, law-enforcement agencies, the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The bill also provides that a health care provider shall inform the victim of sexual assault of the unique identification number assigned to the physical evidence recovery kit utilized by the health care provider during the forensic medical examination and provide the victim with information regarding the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system. The bill provides that records entered into the physical evidence recovery kit tracking system are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.
Who sponsors HB 2080?
HB 2080 is sponsored by Vivian E. Watts, Timothy D. Hugo, Murphy, Kathleen, and Filler-Corn, Eileen.
What is the current status of HB 2080?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2019. Enacted.
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