republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-298.md

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Bill	Misdemeanor sexual offenses; increases statute of limitations, where the victim is a minor.	Misdemeanor sexual offenses where the victim is a minor; statute of limitations. Increases the statute of limitations for prosecuting misdemeanor violations where the victim is a minor from one year after the victim reaches the age of majority to five years after the victim reaches the age of majority if the offender was an adult at the time of the offense and more than three years older than the victim for the following misdemeanor violations: carnal knowledge of detainee by employee of bail bond company, sexual battery, attempted sexual battery, infected sexual battery, sexual abuse of a child age 13 or 14 by an adult, and tongue penetration by adult of mouth of child under age 13 with lascivious intent. This bill is identical to SB 724.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 298	Virginia HB 298 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	5	50	12	2019-12-30	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/4b3a87a0-1fff-4a3b-a4dd-fab6ee7a8751	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB298	74c7a77e749f4afda598c3542792ddd698f4b2ae5885ad806d2b46e09dd9d6c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 298 (2020) — Misdemeanor sexual offenses; increases statute of limitations, where the victim is a minor.

Misdemeanor sexual offenses where the victim is a minor; statute of limitations. Increases the statute of limitations for prosecuting misdemeanor violations where the victim is a minor from one year after the victim reaches the age of majority to five years after the victim reaches the age of majority if the offender was an adult at the time of the offense and more than three years older than the victim for the following misdemeanor violations: carnal knowledge of detainee by employee of bail bond company, sexual battery, attempted sexual battery, infected sexual battery, sexual abuse of a child age 13 or 14 by an adult, and tongue penetration by adult of mouth of child under age 13 with lascivious intent. This bill is identical to SB 724.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1122) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB298ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from VCSC (HB298) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from VCSC (HB298H1) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from VCSC (HB298S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N) — 1–95 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103509D introduction
• 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-02 Impact statement from VCSC (HB298)
• 2020-02-04 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB298)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107882D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from VCSC (HB298H1)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107882D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB298H1
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB298H1)
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108737D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from VCSC (HB298S1)
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB298S1)
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108737D-S1
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB298S1
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108737D-S1 (1-Y 96-N)
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed by temporarily
• 2020-02-28 Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-02 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-02 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
• 2020-03-07 Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB298ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1122 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b3a87a0-1fff-4a3b-a4dd-fab6ee7a8751. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).