# Virginia HB1295: Law enforcement; artificial intelligence inventory, civil action.

Virginia HB1295, Law enforcement; artificial intelligence inventory, civil action., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Nadarius E. Clark (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1295-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB1295
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Law enforcement; artificial intelligence inventory, civil action.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-15
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Nadarius E. Clark (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Law enforcement; artificial intelligence inventory; civil action. Requires all law-enforcement agencies, defined in the bill as any state or local law-enforcement agency or sheriff's department, to conduct an inventory of any covered artificial intelligence system, defined in the bill, used by such agency and to make such inventory publicly available by November 1 of each year. The bill also provides that the Attorney General may investigate and, if warranted, bring a civil action against any law-enforcement agency to obtain equitable or declaratory relief to enforce the provisions of the bill and provides that a resident of the jurisdiction may bring a civil action against the law-enforcement agency to obtain equitable or declaratory relief to enforce the provisions of the bill. The bill requires such plaintiff to provide written notice of any alleged violation to the law-enforcement agency at least 90 days prior to filing suit, in a manner that is reasonably calculated to enable the law-enforcement agency to cure the alleged violation.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nadarius E. Clark (Democratic), House

## Actions (6)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (House)
- 2026-02-02: Continued to 2027 in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-02: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-01-29: Assigned HST sub: Communications (House)
- 2026-01-15: Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation (House)
- 2026-01-15: Presented and ordered printed 26105299D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-15: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229852.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229851.PDF)

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- SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report. (in committee)
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- HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information. (introduced)
- SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset. (in committee)
- SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment. (in committee)
- SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion State Prison. (in committee)

## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229852.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229851.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1295-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).