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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award includes grandchildren."
+description: "Compensating victims of crime; persons eligiblefor award; grandchildren. Includes grandchildren of the victimof a crime, who are alive at the time of the commission of the crime,in the list of persons eligible for compensation as a result of thedeath of the victim (i) as a direct result of the crime or (ii) dueto the victim's trying to prevent a crime or attempted crime fromoccurring or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crimein his presence or had committed a felony."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 988"
+citation: "Virginia HB 988 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amanda E. Batten"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/946a6de6-ead9-4df1-b716-3b97a4bd205b"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB988"
+source_hash: "a02ad139adcb2bc23a59a1fc501e2de06238dc68ba910ceb84d6a81791ae33d0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 988 (2020) — Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award includes grandchildren.
+
+Compensating victims of crime; persons eligiblefor award; grandchildren. Includes grandchildren of the victimof a crime, who are alive at the time of the commission of the crime,in the list of persons eligible for compensation as a result of thedeath of the victim (i) as a direct result of the crime or (ii) dueto the victim's trying to prevent a crime or attempted crime fromoccurring or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crimein his presence or had committed a felony.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0446)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB988ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB988ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB988)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB988)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amanda E. Batten — primary (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101592D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB988)
+- **2020-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
+- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-23** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-29** Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
+- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB988ER)
+- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 446 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/946a6de6-ead9-4df1-b716-3b97a4bd205b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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