---
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).