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Bill	Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose, guidelines.	Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence VictimFund; purpose; fee apportionment. Provides that the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services shall adopt guidelines to make fundsfrom the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund, whichis used to support the prosecution of domestic violence cases andvictim services, available to sexual assault service providers andhospitals for the purpose of funding the cost of salaries and equipmentfor sexual assault forensic examiners, sexual assault nurse examiners,and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners, with priority for fundingsuch costs given to such forensic examiners and nurse examiners serving rural or underserved areas of the Commonwealth. The bill also increasesthe amount apportioned to the Fund from the fixed fees for misdemeanorsand traffic infractions tried in district court.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 749	Virginia HB 749 (2022)	bill		enacted	Robert B. Bell	4	35	9	2022-01-11	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4f44425f-48a9-4aac-a3ae-ef521282cb99	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB749	b7a943e3be58f718fe77b5fe4ea00e975df0368d976122a34c7ae911784b9ade	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 749 (2022) — Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose, guidelines.

Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence VictimFund; purpose; fee apportionment. Provides that the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services shall adopt guidelines to make fundsfrom the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund, whichis used to support the prosecution of domestic violence cases andvictim services, available to sexual assault service providers andhospitals for the purpose of funding the cost of salaries and equipmentfor sexual assault forensic examiners, sexual assault nurse examiners,and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners, with priority for fundingsuch costs given to such forensic examiners and nurse examiners serving rural or underserved areas of the Commonwealth. The bill also increasesthe amount apportioned to the Fund from the fixed fees for misdemeanorsand traffic infractions tried in district court.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0210 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106155D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB749ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102530D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
• Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret B. Ransone — 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 22102530D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-21 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-01-29 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB749)
• 2022-02-07 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22106155D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB749H1)
• 2022-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22106155D-H1
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB749H1
• 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
• 2022-02-21 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-08 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB749ER)
• 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 210 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f44425f-48a9-4aac-a3ae-ef521282cb99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).