Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 2556: Address Confidentiality Program; removal of Program participant, penalty.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 2556 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Address Confidentiality Program; removal of Program participant, penalty. Primary sponsor: Amanda E. Batten. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Appropriations.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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. 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.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda E. Batten | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Appropriations
- Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
- Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
- Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2556)
- Impact statement from VCSC (HB2556)
- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103905D