Virginia House Bill 2031 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Passed on April 7 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Facial recognition technology; authorization of use by local law-enforcement agencies and campus police departments at public institutions of higher education. Provides that no local law-enforcement agency or campus police department shall purchase or deploy facial recognition technology, defined in the bill, unless such purchase or deployment is expressly authorized by statute. The bill prohibits a local law-enforcement agency or campus police department at a public institution of higher education currently using facial recognition technology from continuing to use such technology without such authorization after July 1, 2021. Facial recognition technology; authorization of use by local law-enforcement agencies and campus police departments at public institutions of higher education. Provides that no local law-enforcement agency or campus police department shall purchase or deploy facial recognition technology, defined in the bill, unless such purchase or deployment is expressly authorized by statute. The bill prohibits a local law-enforcement agency or campus police department at a public institution of higher education currently using facial recognition technology from continuing to use such technology without such authorization after July 1, 2021.

Facial recognition technology; authorization of use by local law-enforcement agencies, etc.

Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Del. Jerrauld Jones [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]
Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Sally Hudson [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]

2021-04-07 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-07 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N) (Y: 99 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-18 - House - House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-07		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)
2021-04-07	House	Enacted, Chapter 537 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-04-07	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2021-04-07	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2021-04-07	House	Reenrolled bill text (HB2031ER2)
2021-04-07	House	Reenrolled
2021-04-07		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2021-04-07	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
2021-04-07	House	VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N)
2021-04-07	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 1-N)
2021-04-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-03-31	House	Governor's recommendation received by House
2021-02-25		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-02-25	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
2021-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-22	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2031ER)
2021-02-22	House	Enrolled
2021-02-18	House	VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	House	Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-16	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2021-02-16	Senate	Amendments by Senator McDougle agreed to
2021-02-16	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2021-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-15	Senate	Passed by for the day
2021-02-15	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2021-02-15	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2021-02-15	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-10	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-22	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2021-01-22	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-21	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N)
2021-01-21	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2021-01-21	House	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
2021-01-21	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2021-01-21	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2021-01-20	House	Printed as engrossed 21101718D-E
2021-01-20	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2031E
2021-01-20	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2021-01-20	House	Read second time
2021-01-19	House	Read first time
2021-01-18	House	Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101718D

HB2031 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1723.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	815.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2031
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2031+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2031E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2031ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2031ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0537+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB2031AH
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21200035A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB2031AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB2031ASE
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB2031AG
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2031FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2031FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H21C0009+HB2031
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC0990+HB2031
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC0996+HB2031
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S12C0139+HB2031
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S12V0026+HB2031
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0014HB2031+HB2031
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0054HB2031+HB2031
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1733+HB2031
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV2074+HB2031
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0624HB2031+HB2031