republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2773.md

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Bill	Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; amount of award.	Removes the current $600 limit placed on the amount that may be awarded to a crime victim for total loss of earnings resulting from incapacity. The bill also increases from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount a claimant may be awarded from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund for expenses directly related to funeral or burial costs and increases from $25,000 to $35,000 the maximum aggregate award received by a claimant as a result of an injury or death.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2773	Virginia HB 2773 (2019)	bill	Criminal Procedure	enacted	Robert B. Bell	6	19	7	2019-01-18	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e9891c9b-0fa4-4f71-9adf-3029b0505a3c	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2773	d9109905a38fe11b5259bcfef0242209767538235722cc9c5d228859d025d199	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2773 (2019) — Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; amount of award.

Removes the current $600 limit placed on the amount that may be awarded to a crime victim for total loss of earnings resulting from incapacity. The bill also increases from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount a claimant may be awarded from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund for expenses directly related to funeral or burial costs and increases from $25,000 to $35,000 the maximum aggregate award received by a claimant as a result of an injury or death.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2773ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Presented and ordered printed 19102633D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19102633D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 19102633D introduction
• 2019-01-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-30 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB2773E
• 2019-01-30 Printed as engrossed 19102633D-E
• 2019-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-22 Enrolled
• 2019-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-22 Signed by President
• 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
• 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9891c9b-0fa4-4f71-9adf-3029b0505a3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).