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type: "Bill"
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title: "Scott, Winston Lamont; compensation for wrongful incarceration."
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description: "Claims; Winston Lamont Scott; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $159,535 to Winston Lamont Scott, who was wrongfully convicted of rape, carnal knowledge, and burglary in 1976. The compensation shall be awarded as a lump sum. Mr. Scott served over five years in prison. In March 2019, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued a writ of actual innocence to Mr. Scott and vacated his convictions based upon previously unavailable DNA evidence. The bill allows Mr. Scott to receive career and technical training within the Virginia Community College System free of tuition charges, up to a maximum of $10,000. The bill also provides that in the event that a wrongfully incarcerated person is 60 years of age or older or is terminally ill, the General Assembly may pay the compensation owed to such person as a lump sum or shorten the duration of any annuity purchased."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 460"
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citation: "Virginia HB 460 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-03"
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last_action: "2020-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2234715-2cae-4676-a741-9a87c1868c16"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB460"
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source_hash: "cd9af63c3d84eb99c9da6e81ae55dff89f85eda60d2b228baa799c4d47477beb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 460 (2020) — Scott, Winston Lamont; compensation for wrongful incarceration.
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Claims; Winston Lamont Scott; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $159,535 to Winston Lamont Scott, who was wrongfully convicted of rape, carnal knowledge, and burglary in 1976. The compensation shall be awarded as a lump sum. Mr. Scott served over five years in prison. In March 2019, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued a writ of actual innocence to Mr. Scott and vacated his convictions based upon previously unavailable DNA evidence. The bill allows Mr. Scott to receive career and technical training within the Virginia Community College System free of tuition charges, up to a maximum of $10,000. The bill also provides that in the event that a wrongfully incarcerated person is 60 years of age or older or is terminally ill, the General Assembly may pay the compensation owed to such person as a lump sum or shorten the duration of any annuity purchased.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0326)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB460ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB460ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB460)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB460)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB460H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB460H1)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100433D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB460)
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- **2020-01-21** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-28** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-29** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20106610D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-29** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB460H1)
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20106610D-H1
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- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB460H1
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB460ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 326 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2234715-2cae-4676-a741-9a87c1868c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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