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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; created, report."
description: "Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; report. Creates the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund, which shall be administered by the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Department of Health and the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, and used to develop, support, and evaluate programs that prevent sexual and domestic violence through strategies that (i) promote healthy practices related to relationships, sexuality, and social-emotional development and (ii) counteract the factors associated with the initial perpetration of sexual and domestic violence. This bill is identical to HB 1015."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Virginia SB 297 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca7c90f3-df90-499e-845b-006628209426"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB297"
source_hash: "6f88a51e5dfb8076dd1e3ca61b9663b80800b944f8909e337ed935d61b13fc24"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 297 (2020) — Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; created, report.
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund; report. Creates the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Fund, which shall be administered by the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Department of Health and the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, and used to develop, support, and evaluate programs that prevent sexual and domestic violence through strategies that (i) promote healthy practices related to relationships, sexuality, and social-emotional development and (ii) counteract the factors associated with the initial perpetration of sexual and domestic violence. This bill is identical to HB 1015.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0913)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0913)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB297ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB297ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB297E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB297E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB297)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB297)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **040** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N) — **971** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103455D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- **2020-01-13** Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-13** Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB297)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB297E
- **2020-02-06** Printed as engrossed 20103455D-E
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB297E)
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-02-21** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2020-02-26** House insisted on amendments
- **2020-02-26** House requested conference committee
- **2020-02-28** Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-03-02** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-03-05** Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N)
- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N)
- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-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 (SB297ER)
- **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
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 913 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca7c90f3-df90-499e-845b-006628209426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).