Fabio
96 lines
5.1 KiB
Markdown
96 lines
5.1 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Compensation for wrongful incarceration; annuity term."
|
||
description: "Compensation for wrongful incarceration; annuity term. Provides that for a person wrongfully convicted of a felony who receives as compensation an annuity from the Commonwealth the annuity period shall be the person's life expectancy if his life expectancy is less than 25 years, if he so chooses. Under current law, the annuity period is 25 years for all such persons regardless of life expectancy."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
|
||
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2020"
|
||
identifier: "SB 415"
|
||
citation: "Virginia SB 415 (2020)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
|
||
version_count: 4
|
||
action_count: 30
|
||
vote_count: 7
|
||
first_action: "2020-01-07"
|
||
last_action: "2020-04-02"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e7420a8-1cb2-4883-8d4e-344d22ea22d0"
|
||
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB415"
|
||
source_hash: "d1f65fc1bef1cf2f40c1f0390763e9d90e2469f02d95933223f61dd616f0d652"
|
||
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 415 (2020) — Compensation for wrongful incarceration; annuity term.
|
||
|
||
Compensation for wrongful incarceration; annuity term. Provides that for a person wrongfully convicted of a felony who receives as compensation an annuity from the Commonwealth the annuity period shall be the person's life expectancy if his life expectancy is less than 25 years, if he so chooses. Under current law, the annuity period is 25 years for all such persons regardless of life expectancy.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0648)
|
||
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB415ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB415ER)
|
||
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB415E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB415E)
|
||
4. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB415E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB415)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104701D `introduction`
|
||
- **2020-01-07** 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
|
||
- **2020-01-20** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2020-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
|
||
- **2020-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
|
||
- **2020-01-22** Reading of amendment waived
|
||
- **2020-01-22** Committee amendment agreed to
|
||
- **2020-01-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB415E
|
||
- **2020-01-22** Printed as engrossed 20104701D-E
|
||
- **2020-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
|
||
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
|
||
- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
|
||
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2020-02-14** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
|
||
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2020-02-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
|
||
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
|
||
- **2020-02-26** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
|
||
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
|
||
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
|
||
- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB415ER)
|
||
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
|
||
- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
|
||
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
|
||
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
|
||
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 648 (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/6e7420a8-1cb2-4883-8d4e-344d22ea22d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
|
||
|