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Bill Writ of vacatur; victims of sex trafficking, payment of fees or costs. Writ of vacatur; victims of sex trafficking;payment of fees or costs. Provides that a petitioner for a writof vacatur for victims of sex trafficking shall not be required topay any fees or costs for filing such petition if the petitioneris found to be unable to pay them. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 711 Virginia HB 711 (2022)
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Virginia HB 711 (2022) — Writ of vacatur; victims of sex trafficking, payment of fees or costs.

Writ of vacatur; victims of sex trafficking;payment of fees or costs. Provides that a petitioner for a writof vacatur for victims of sex trafficking shall not be required topay any fees or costs for filing such petition if the petitioneris found to be unable to pay them.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0408 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB711ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104020D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
  • Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
  • Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104020D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2022-02-01 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB711)
  • 2022-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-09 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-02-21 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-23 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-25 Enrolled
  • 2022-02-25 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-02-25 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB711ER)
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 408 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7bb876e-d7fc-401d-96db-f1cd155654cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).