---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil cases; reimbursement of costs."
description: "Civil cases; reimbursement of costs. Provides that the court shall not allow a defendant convicted of a crime from which a civil matter arose to recover costs for court reporting and recording of such trial from the victim of such crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1327"
citation: "Virginia HB 1327 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67817d9d-46c2-4c23-a4ce-b4e46b7c2a9d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1327"
source_hash: "dd11ed05dce03538b7cff408a4583d1a6ac05ad9205c646f5504c06eeac20033"
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 1327 (2022) — Civil cases; reimbursement of costs.

Civil cases; reimbursement of costs. Provides that the court shall not allow a defendant convicted of a crime from which a civil matter arose to recover costs for court reporting and recording of such trial from the victim of such crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0279)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106065D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1327H1)
3. **HB1327ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1327ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 22104146D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1327)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104146D `introduction`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Committee substitute printed 22106065D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22106065D-H1
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1327H1
- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1327H1)
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (14-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** Reading of amendment waived
- **2022-02-28** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1327ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 279 (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/67817d9d-46c2-4c23-a4ce-b4e46b7c2a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).