republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-902.md

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Bill	Sex Offenders and Crimes Against Minors Registry; removal of name from Registry.	Provides that the requirement that a person required to register with the Sex Offenders and Crimes Against Minors Registry who was convicted of certain crimes involving child pornography or carnal knowledge of a minor in juvenile custody under Virginia wait 25 years before being entitled to file a petition for removal of his name or information from the Registry also applies to a person convicted of similar offenses under the laws of any foreign country, the United States, or a political subdivision of either.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 902	Virginia HB 902 (2018)	bill	Commonwealth Public Safety Crimes and Offenses Generally Minors	enacted	Nicholas J. Freitas	2	15	6	2018-01-09	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/a643d54f-3df1-465a-bb28-9a5b25d2991a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB902	c663186d025f470e5c6df88410092f60aa13df3ebe636d7fb37b01c341b35197	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 902 (2018) — Sex Offenders and Crimes Against Minors Registry; removal of name from Registry.

Provides that the requirement that a person required to register with the Sex Offenders and Crimes Against Minors Registry who was convicted of certain crimes involving child pornography or carnal knowledge of a minor in juvenile custody under Virginia wait 25 years before being entitled to file a petition for removal of his name or information from the Registry also applies to a person convicted of similar offenses under the laws of any foreign country, the United States, or a political subdivision of either.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB902ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101071D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101071D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a643d54f-3df1-465a-bb28-9a5b25d2991a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).