---
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).