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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 963: Discovery materials or evidence; allows accused to request the Commonwealth to copy or photograph.

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 963 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Discovery materials or evidence; allows accused to request the Commonwealth to copy or photograph. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Carroll Foy (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Vetoed by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Discovery. Requires the Commonwealth, upon request by the accused or his counsel to copy or photograph any discovery materials or evidence the accused is permitted to inspect and review, including relevant police reports, criminal records, and body-worn camera footage, and requires the Commonwealth to provide such copies or photographs, electronically or otherwise, to the accused or his counsel, unless such material is prohibited from being distributed by law or impossible to provide by electronic means. The bill requires the attorney for the Commonwealth in any district court to provide to counsel of record for the accused, if requested, by electronic means a copy of any police report at least 10 days prior to the date the case is set for trial or preliminary hearing, provided that counsel of record agrees to any reasonable redaction or restricted dissemination as requested by the attorney for the Commonwealth. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill incorporates SB 1355 and is identical to HB 1630.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jennifer Carroll FoyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Christie CraigCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Barbara FavolaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate40
Kannan SrinivasanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Vetoed by Governor
  2. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
  3. Communicated to Governor
  4. Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
  5. Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  6. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  7. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
  8. Signed by President
  9. Signed by Speaker
  10. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB963)
  11. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB963ER)
  12. Enrolled

Showing 12 most recent of 34 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source