republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1255.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relief; Barnes, Lamar.	Claims; Lamar Barnes; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $1,097,980.02to Lamar Barnes, who was wrongly convicted of murder, malicious wounding,and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 1255	Virginia HB 1255 (2022)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	5	44	10	2022-01-20	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f16558a5-cd80-42ed-9a26-9d5e377c2fe9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1255	8ea298cf848db3466847478dec80b3cee28d8cbcb49ddfc9899d7df43bb4d838	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1255 (2022) — Relief; Barnes, Lamar.

Claims; Lamar Barnes; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $1,097,980.02to Lamar Barnes, who was wrongly convicted of murder, malicious wounding,and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0433 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22107203D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1255ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 22104408D (committee substitute) — source
5. Printed as engrossed 22104408D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N) — 0–97 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22104408D introduction
• 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1255)
• 2022-02-09 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House as amended HB1255E
• 2022-02-14 Printed as engrossed 22104408D-E
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB1255E)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Committee substitute printed 22107203D-S1 substitution
• 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1255S1)
• 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 22107203D-S1
• 2022-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1255S1
• 2022-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-08 Senate substitute rejected by House 22107203D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
• 2022-03-08 VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N)
• 2022-03-09 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-09 Senate requested conference committee
• 2022-03-10 House acceded to request
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2022-03-12 Amended by conference committee
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-12 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-21 Enrolled
• 2022-03-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1255ER)
• 2022-03-21 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 433 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f16558a5-cd80-42ed-9a26-9d5e377c2fe9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).