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Fingerprints, palm prints, and photographs of juveniles. Requires law-enforcement officers to obtain, electronically when possible, fingerprints, palm prints with accompanying distal prints, if available, and photographs of any juvenile taken into custody and charged with a delinquent act. The bill also requires such fingerprints, palm prints, or photographs to be both filed with the Central Criminal Records Exchange and submitted electronically, when possible, to the State Police to be maintained in a confidential and secure area within the system in which the record is maintained that is inaccessible during routine use of such system. The bill further requires any electronic record of such fingerprints, palm prints, or photographs to be destroyed as soon as possible after the State Police have been notified that a petition or warrant has not been filed against the juvenile. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 1261.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2025
Last Action
Mar 19, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (Effective 07/01/26)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
Signed by President
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2472)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2472ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Read third time
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2472)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Passed House (51-Y 46-N)
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N)
Read second time
Printed as engrossed 25102079D-E
Engrossed by House as amended
Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
Read first time
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2472)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102079D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)
Amanda E. Batten
Ian T. Lovejoy