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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sexual abuse by person of authority; civil cause of action, limitations period."
+description: "Sexual abuse by person of authority; civil cause of action, limitations period."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1647"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1647 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-08"
+last_action: "2023-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0198ed60-8211-4c0d-a275-51406a9d5753"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1647"
+source_hash: "7e28167447acc4d42ee6281e14faeae343dd5a70081f40eccaadcd299b6026ff"
+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 1647 (2023) — Sexual abuse by person of authority; civil cause of action, limitations period.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0027** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0027)
+2. **HB1647ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1647ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103559D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1647)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103559D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-20** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1647ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 27 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0198ed60-8211-4c0d-a275-51406a9d5753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+