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type: "Bill"
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title: "Misdemeanor sexual offenses; increases statute of limitations, where the victim is a minor."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 724"
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citation: "Virginia SB 724 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6edaef7c-0a1e-4ebc-9ecc-c8726468edf8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB724"
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source_hash: "bd1cc61b015664615ea7af667885507db117ff87298d7b6e9fb123a346b14268"
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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 SB 724 (2020) — Misdemeanor sexual offenses; increases statute of limitations, where the victim is a minor.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0277)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0277)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB724ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB724ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB724ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB724ES1)
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4. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB724)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB724)
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5. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB724H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB724H1)
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6. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB724S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB724S1)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102348D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-10** Impact statement from VCSC (SB724)
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute printed 20106800D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-27** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from VCSC (SB724S1)
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20106800D-S1
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- **2020-02-07** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-07** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB724ES1
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- **2020-02-07** Printed as engrossed 20106800D-ES1
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB724ES1)
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- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Committee substitute printed 20108198D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-18** Impact statement from VCSC (SB724H1)
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- **2020-02-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB724H1)
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- **2020-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 20108198D-H1
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- **2020-02-19** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB724H1
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- **2020-02-19** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Title replaced 20108198D-S1
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB724ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
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- **2020-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (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/6edaef7c-0a1e-4ebc-9ecc-c8726468edf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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