republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-496.md

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Bill	Abuse & neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, definitions, penalties.	Abuse and neglect; financial exploitation;incapacitated adults; penalties. Changes the term "incapacitatedadult" to "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crime of abuseand neglect of such adults and defines "vulnerable adult" as any person18 years of age or older who is impaired by reason of mental illness,intellectual or developmental disability, physical illness or disability,advanced age, or other causes to the extent the adult lacks sufficientunderstanding or capacity to make, communicate, or carry out reasonabledecisions concerning his well-being or has one or more limitationsthat substantially impair the adult's ability to independently providefor his daily needs or safeguard his person, property, or legal interests.The bill adds the definition of "advanced age" as it is used in the definition of "vulnerable adult" to mean 65 years of age or older. The bill also changes the term "person with mental incapacity" tothe same meaning of "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crimeof financial exploitation. This bill is a recommendation of the VirginiaCriminal Justice Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 496	Virginia HB 496 (2022)	bill		enacted	Michael P. Mullin	4	38	9	2022-01-11	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/bc7b004b-9024-4c38-bce3-c7c0bdbb309d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB496	45a3747cb87ef252c317928540232adb0065544769b391b102e6e8218b2ccc46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 496 (2022) — Abuse & neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, definitions, penalties.

Abuse and neglect; financial exploitation;incapacitated adults; penalties. Changes the term "incapacitatedadult" to "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crime of abuseand neglect of such adults and defines "vulnerable adult" as any person18 years of age or older who is impaired by reason of mental illness,intellectual or developmental disability, physical illness or disability,advanced age, or other causes to the extent the adult lacks sufficientunderstanding or capacity to make, communicate, or carry out reasonabledecisions concerning his well-being or has one or more limitationsthat substantially impair the adult's ability to independently providefor his daily needs or safeguard his person, property, or legal interests.The bill adds the definition of "advanced age" as it is used in the definition of "vulnerable adult" to mean 65 years of age or older. The bill also changes the term "person with mental incapacity" tothe same meaning of "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crimeof financial exploitation. This bill is a recommendation of the VirginiaCriminal Justice Conference.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0259 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106769D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB496ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100823D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption #2 (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 1-N) — 95–1 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100823D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-01-12 Impact statement from VCSC (HB496)
• 2022-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB496)
• 2022-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-21 Committee substitute printed 22106769D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-21 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Impact statement from VCSC (HB496S1)
• 2022-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB496S1)
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-03-07 Committee substitute agreed to 22106769D-S1
• 2022-03-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB496S1
• 2022-03-07 Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) passage
• 2022-03-08 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106769D-S1 (96-Y 1-N)
• 2022-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 1-N)
• 2022-03-08 Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
• 2022-03-08 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106769D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 VOTE: Adoption #2 (97-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB496ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 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
• 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 259 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc7b004b-9024-4c38-bce3-c7c0bdbb309d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).