republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1650.md

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Bill	Relief; Keith Allen Harward.	Provides relief in the amount of $1,548,439 to Keith Allen Harward, who was incarcerated from 1983 until 2016 after being convicted of first degree murder. In 2016 he was granted a Writ of Actual Innocence by the Supreme Court of Virginia based upon DNA evidence that excluded Mr. Harward as the perpetrator of the crime. Mr. Harward's relief would be paid as follows: (i) an initial lump sum of $309,688 to be paid within 60 days immediately following the execution of a release by Mr. Harward from any present or future claims he may have and (ii) the sum of $1,238,751 to purchase an annuity before October 1, 2017, for the primary benefit of Mr. Harward with the terms structured in his best interests. In addition, the bill entitles Mr. Harward to receive up to $10,000 for tuition for career and technical training within the Virginia Community College System. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1650	Virginia HB 1650 (2017)	bill	Appropriations Claims	enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	4	18	8	2017-01-04	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/17542e00-5d42-4383-b8bd-fe9e317d4a03	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1650	788d5e1941068b65a6d2c28bf2a16a075bff0b2252616abaa919821687434aab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1650 (2017) — Relief; Keith Allen Harward.

Provides relief in the amount of $1,548,439 to Keith Allen Harward, who was incarcerated from 1983 until 2016 after being convicted of first degree murder. In 2016 he was granted a Writ of Actual Innocence by the Supreme Court of Virginia based upon DNA evidence that excluded Mr. Harward as the perpetrator of the crime. Mr. Harward's relief would be paid as follows: (i) an initial lump sum of $309,688 to be paid within 60 days immediately following the execution of a release by Mr. Harward from any present or future claims he may have and (ii) the sum of $1,238,751 to purchase an annuity before October 1, 2017, for the primary benefit of Mr. Harward with the terms structured in his best interests. In addition, the bill entitles Mr. Harward to receive up to $10,000 for tuition for career and technical training within the Virginia Community College System. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1650ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104717D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103653D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103653D introduction
• 2017-01-04 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-01-12 Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 17104717D-H1
• 2017-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1650H1
• 2017-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-07 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 617 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17542e00-5d42-4383-b8bd-fe9e317d4a03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).