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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims."
+description: "Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims. Provides that in claims for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund involving claims of sexual abuse of a minor where the conduct constitutes a felony, the passage of time shall not be a barrier to when the victim can file a claim. Under current law, such claim involving sexual abuse of a minor shall be filed within 10 years after the minor's eighteenth birthday. This bill is identical to HB 155."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 646"
+citation: "Virginia SB 646 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Timmy F. French"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2024-01-12"
+last_action: "2024-03-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6f07ff4-755a-49f3-aff0-c4a316cb1f09"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB646"
+source_hash: "cb3f99f082f10da0e0b5a460be87d7ce6388c52ede8401296a50ece12e8947d1"
+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 SB 646 (2024) — Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims.
+
+Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims. Provides that in claims for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund involving claims of sexual abuse of a minor where the conduct constitutes a felony, the passage of time shall not be a barrier to when the victim can file a claim. Under current law, such claim involving sexual abuse of a minor shall be filed within 10 years after the minor's eighteenth birthday. This bill is identical to HB 155.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0254** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0254)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 24107782D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB646H1)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 24105210D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB646)
+4. **SB646ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB646ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–39** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Timmy F. French — primary (person)
+- W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 24105210D `introduction`
+- **2024-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB646)
+- **2024-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-29** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
+- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-16** Committee substitute printed 24107782D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB646H1)
+- **2024-02-16** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 24107782D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB646H1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-21** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-23** Passed by for the day
+- **2024-02-27** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
+- **2024-02-28** House receded from substitute (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB646ER) `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB646ER)
+- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6f07ff4-755a-49f3-aff0-c4a316cb1f09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+