VirginiaAddress Confidentiality Program; removal of Program participant, penalty.
What it does
Department of Law; Address Confidentiality Program; removal of Program participant; penalty. Permits the Office of the Attorney General to cancel a participant's certification in the Address Confidentiality Program if such Program participant (i) has reached the age of 18, is not incapacitated, and did not submit recertification for participation in the Program within 60 days of his eighteenth birthday or (ii) initiates any legal action against the Office of the Attorney General. The bill clarifies that participation in the Program shall not affect custody or visitation orders in effect prior to or during Program participation.
More detail
Finally, the bill penalizes any individual who knowingly discloses or publishes a Program participant's confidential address or any other confidential information with intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass such Program participant or any other person.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 4Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Jan 29Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 25Assigned Courts sub: CriminalMinor
- Jan 17Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2556)
- Jan 13Impact statement from VCSC (HB2556)
- Jan 12Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 12Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103905DIntroduced