---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil action for trafficking in persons; charge or conviction not required."
description: "Civil action for trafficking in persons; charge or conviction not required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1374"
citation: "Virginia HB 1374 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-13"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c37cfa14-9021-470b-a4de-07b09c70cbff"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1374"
source_hash: "adad2790f9a898575cee0956f8d9107f4b53a1ae737604939eba0d440db1e57b"
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 1374 (2023) — Civil action for trafficking in persons; charge or conviction not required.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0385** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0385)
2. **HB1374ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1374ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100170D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1374)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100170D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-10-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1374)
- **2023-01-24** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-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`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1374ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1374ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 385 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0385)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c37cfa14-9021-470b-a4de-07b09c70cbff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).