Address Confidentiality Program; removal of Program participant, penalty.
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2025
Last action Feb 4, 2025
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2025
How they voted
21–1
Passed
Total votes 22
Jan 29, 2025
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-1)
house of delegates
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amanda Batten
RRepublican
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