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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 HB 298.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 724

Virginia SB 724 (2020)

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enacted

Jennifer L. McClellan

2020-01-07

2020-03-11

openstates

ocd-bill/6edaef7c-0a1e-4ebc-9ecc-c8726468edf8

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB724

bd1cc61b015664615ea7af667885507db117ff87298d7b6e9fb123a346b14268

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 724 (2020) — Misdemeanor sexual offenses; increases statute of limitations, where the victim is a minor.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB724ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB724ES1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB724) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB724H1) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB724S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102348D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-01-10 Impact statement from VCSC (SB724)
2020-01-27 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-01-27 Committee substitute printed 20106800D-S1 substitution
2020-01-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-01-29 Impact statement from VCSC (SB724S1)
2020-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20106800D-S1
2020-02-07 Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-07 Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB724ES1
2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20106800D-ES1
2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB724ES1)
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 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-14 Committee substitute printed 20108198D-H1 substitution
2020-02-18 Impact statement from VCSC (SB724H1)
2020-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB724H1)
2020-02-18 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 20108198D-H1
2020-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB724H1
2020-02-19 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-19 VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21 Title replaced 20108198D-S1
2020-02-26 Enrolled
2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB724ER)
2020-02-27 Signed by President
2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-04 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
2020-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
2020-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6edaef7c-0a1e-4ebc-9ecc-c8726468edf8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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