Virginia Senate Bill 1339 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Expungement and sealing of police and court records; Expungement Fee Fund created; protection of public record information; penalties. Establishes a process for the sealing of police and court records, defined in the bill, of criminal records 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 expungement of the police and court records relating to convictions of marijuana possession, underage alcohol or tobacco possession, and using a false ID to obtain alcohol and for deferred disposition dismissals for possession of controlled substances or marijuana, underage alcohol or tobacco possession, and using a false ID to obtain alcohol. Expungement and sealing of police and court records; Expungement Fee Fund created; protection of public record information; penalties. Establishes a process for the sealing of police and court records, defined in the bill, of criminal records 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 expungement of the police and court records relating to convictions of marijuana possession, underage alcohol or tobacco possession, and using a false ID to obtain alcohol and for deferred disposition dismissals for possession of controlled substances or marijuana, underage alcohol or tobacco possession, and using a false ID to obtain alcohol. The bill creates the Expungement Fee Fund, which is funded by all collected expungement fees. The bill provides that expungement fees shall not be refundable, but persons who are indigent or represented by court-appointed counsel shall not be required to pay such fees. The Fund is administered by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court and used to fund the costs of court-appointed counsel. The bill requires a business screening service, which is a business that conducts criminal history records searches, must register with the Department of State Police to receive expungement orders and must follow reasonable procedures to ensure it maintains accurate information. The bill directs the Attorney General to enforce these requirements, authorizing it to file suit for damages and a civil penalty of up to $2,500. With the exception of the provisions regarding the Expungement Fee Fund, and the funding provisions of such fund, the bill has delayed effective date of July 1, 2022. The bill directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Police and court records; expungement and sealing of records, Expungement Fee Fund created.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 3-N) (Y: 13 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 3-N 3-A) (Y: 9 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2021-02-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2021-02-07	House	Read first time
2021-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2021-02-04	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1339S3
2021-02-04	Senate	Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 21104416D-S3
2021-02-04	Senate	Floor substitute printed 21104416D-S3 (Surovell)
2021-02-04	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute rejected 21104284D-S2
2021-02-04	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute rejected 21103918D-S1
2021-02-04	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-04	Senate	Read second time
2021-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21104284D-S2
2021-02-03	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 3-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103918D-S1
2021-02-01	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-02-01	Senate	Incorporates SB1372 (Lucas)
2021-02-01	Senate	Incorporates SB1283 (Morrissey)
2021-02-01	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 3-N 3-A)
2021-01-26	Senate	Assigned Judiciary sub: Expungement
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100793D

SB1339 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
SB1283 (Similar To) 2021-02-01 - Incorporated by Judiciary
SB1372 (Similar To) 2021-02-01 - Incorporated by Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	1	205.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
17	1	502	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.2:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.3:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.4:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	40.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	128	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	134	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1339
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1339+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1339S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1339S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1339S3+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103918D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1339F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1339F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1339FS1160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1339FS2160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1339FS3160+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S03V0101+SB1339
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S05V0153+SB1339
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0293SB1339+SB1339
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0353SB1339+SB1339
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0354SB1339+SB1339
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0355SB1339+SB1339