Loading
Loading
Your feedback directly shapes Sporos.
Sign in to track your feedback history
Crime victim's right to nondisclosure of certain information; hate crimes. Prohibits a law-enforcement agency from disclosing to the public information that directly or indirectly identifies the victim of a hate crime, defined in relevant law, except to the extent that disclosure is (i) of the site of the crime, (ii) required by law, (iii) necessary for law-enforcement purposes, or (iv) permitted by the court for good cause unless such victim, or his next of kin if he is a minor and his death results from any crime, provides written consent. The bill also prohibits, at the request of the victim, the Court of Appeals of Virginia and the Supreme Court of Virginia from listing the first or last name of the victim of a hate crime in an appellate decision.
Introduced
Jan 12, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB459)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB459ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Read first time
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB459)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100507D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026