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Bill	Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; reregistration schedule.	Changes the dates for required reregistration of persons on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry (the Registry) from a repeating specified number of days after initial registration to time periods corresponding to such person's birth month and the first letter of such person's last name. The time intervals for reregistration for each of the following four categories of reregistration do not materially change. The bill provides that (i) a person required to register, other than those persons convicted of a sexually violent offense or murder, shall reregister once each year during such person's birth month; current law is once each year from the date of initial registration; (ii) a person convicted of a sexually violent offense or murder shall reregister every three months, beginning in such person's birth month; current law is every 90 days from the date of initial registration; (iii) a person convicted of providing false information or failing to provide registration information, but not convicted of a sexually violent offense or murder, shall reregister every six months beginning with such person's birth month; current law is every 180 days from the date of such conviction; and (iv) a person convicted of providing false information or failing to provide registration information, when such person was included in the Registry for a sexually violent offense or murder, shall reregister every month; current law is every 30 days from the date of such conviction. The bill requires persons with a last name beginning with A through L to register from the first to the fifteenth of each required reporting month and persons with last names M through Z to register from the sixteenth to the last day of the month of each required reporting month. The bill also requires that for the period of July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2021, any person required to reregister shall continue to reregister with the State Police on such person's reregistration schedule in place prior to July 1, 2020, until such person has reregistered pursuant to the new reregistration schedule, at which time such person shall continue reregistering with the new schedule. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2089	Virginia HB 2089 (2019)	bill	Commonwealth Public Safety Crimes and Offenses Generally Minors Police State	enacted	Vivian E. Watts	5	28	9	2019-01-07	2019-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/1b2139ca-69ee-4720-a446-d43b3271f690	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2089	c8b14538a5ef328997983b857a2249f130d17022cbc3dfcdd12179b8e3da54cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2089 (2019) — Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; reregistration schedule.

Changes the dates for required reregistration of persons on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry (the Registry) from a repeating specified number of days after initial registration to time periods corresponding to such person's birth month and the first letter of such person's last name. The time intervals for reregistration for each of the following four categories of reregistration do not materially change. The bill provides that (i) a person required to register, other than those persons convicted of a sexually violent offense or murder, shall reregister once each year during such person's birth month; current law is once each year from the date of initial registration; (ii) a person convicted of a sexually violent offense or murder shall reregister every three months, beginning in such person's birth month; current law is every 90 days from the date of initial registration; (iii) a person convicted of providing false information or failing to provide registration information, but not convicted of a sexually violent offense or murder, shall reregister every six months beginning with such person's birth month; current law is every 180 days from the date of such conviction; and (iv) a person convicted of providing false information or failing to provide registration information, when such person was included in the Registry for a sexually violent offense or murder, shall reregister every month; current law is every 30 days from the date of such conviction. The bill requires persons with a last name beginning with A through L to register from the first to the fifteenth of each required reporting month and persons with last names M through Z to register from the sixteenth to the last day of the month of each required reporting month. The bill also requires that for the period of July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2021, any person required to reregister shall continue to reregister with the State Police on such person's reregistration schedule in place prior to July 1, 2020, until such person has reregistered pursuant to the new reregistration schedule, at which time such person shall continue reregistering with the new schedule. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020. 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 (CHAP0613) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2089ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 19105611D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102537D (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107088D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by House — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate substitute rejected by House 19107088D-S1 — 0–97 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102537D introduction
• 2019-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-10 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19105611D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2089H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-18 Committee substitute agreed to 19107088D-S1
• 2019-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2089S1
• 2019-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House 19107088D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
• 2019-02-20 Senate requested conference committee
• 2019-02-21 House acceded to request
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2019-02-22 Amended by conference committee
• 2019-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
• 2019-03-07 Enrolled
• 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-03-09 Signed by President
• 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
• 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 613 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b2139ca-69ee-4720-a446-d43b3271f690. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).