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Bill Relief; Stevens, Emerson Eugene. Claims; Emerson Eugene Stevens; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $1,699,274 to Emerson Eugene Stevens, who was wrongly convicted of abduction with intent to defile and murder. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 394 Virginia HB 394 (2022)
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Virginia HB 394 (2022) — Relief; Stevens, Emerson Eugene.

Claims; Emerson Eugene Stevens; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $1,699,274 to Emerson Eugene Stevens, who was wrongly convicted of abduction with intent to defile and murder.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0296 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22107207D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB394ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102574D (committee substitute) — source
  5. Printed as engrossed 22102574D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N) — 910 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 97-N) — 096 (fail) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102574D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2022-01-19 Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
  • 2022-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB394)
  • 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 HB394E
  • 2022-02-14 Printed as engrossed 22102574D-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 (HB394E)
  • 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 22107207D-S1 substitution
  • 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB394S1)
  • 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 22107207D-S1
  • 2022-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB394S1
  • 2022-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-08 Senate substitute rejected by House 22107207D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
  • 2022-03-08 VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 97-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 (92-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-12 VOTE: Adoption (92-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 (HB394ER)
  • 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 296 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2665a5b-40f2-4d0a-9bc9-ec3f33ba024d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).