---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual assault nurse & forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing."
description: "Admission into evidence of certain forensic medical examination reports by sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing. Allows testimony offered by either party in a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, or offered by the accused in any hearing other than a trial, by a sexual assault nurse examiner or sexual assault forensic examiner who performed a forensic medical examination to be presented by two-way video conferencing. The bill also allows such testimony to be presented by two-way video conferencing when offered by either party in a trial or by the attorney for the Commonwealth in a hearing other than a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, with the consent of the court and all parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Virginia HB 404 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3afec6aa-13cb-40d7-b4b8-79bdeafc3694"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB404"
source_hash: "e720bfa2a3c4dc25be49768efa94fa1afea8f4b0dc908a49bcf3b2b1e4d25536"
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 404 (2022) — Sexual assault nurse & forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing.

Admission into evidence of certain forensic medical examination reports by sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing. Allows testimony offered by either party in a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, or offered by the accused in any hearing other than a trial, by a sexual assault nurse examiner or sexual assault forensic examiner who performed a forensic medical examination to be presented by two-way video conferencing. The bill also allows such testimony to be presented by two-way video conferencing when offered by either party in a trial or by the attorney for the Commonwealth in a hearing other than a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, with the consent of the court and all parties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0253** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0253)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106285D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB404H1)
3. **HB404ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB404ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101617D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB404)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101617D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB404)
- **2022-02-07** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute printed 22106285D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106285D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB404H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB404H1)
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB404ER)
- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3afec6aa-13cb-40d7-b4b8-79bdeafc3694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).