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| Bill | Misdemeanor sexual offenses where the victim is a minor; statute of limitations, penalty. | Misdemeanor sexual offenses where the victim is a minor; statute of limitations; penalty. Provides that the prosecution of the misdemeanor offense of causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent where the alleged adult offender has consensual sexual intercourse with a minor who is 15 years of age or older at the time of the offense shall be commenced no later than five years after the victim reaches majority provided that the alleged adult offender was more than three years older than the victim at the time of the offense. Under current law, the prosecution of such offense shall be commenced within one year after commission of the offense. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 227 | Virginia SB 227 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 227 (2022) — Misdemeanor sexual offenses where the victim is a minor; statute of limitations, penalty.
Misdemeanor sexual offenses where the victim is a minor; statute of limitations; penalty. Provides that the prosecution of the misdemeanor offense of causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent where the alleged adult offender has consensual sexual intercourse with a minor who is 15 years of age or older at the time of the offense shall be commenced no later than five years after the victim reaches majority provided that the alleged adult offender was more than three years older than the victim at the time of the offense. Under current law, the prosecution of such offense shall be commenced within one year after commission of the offense.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0110 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103620D (committee substitute) — source
- SB227ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103620D
introduction - 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2022-01-12 Impact statement from VCSC (SB227)
- 2022-01-26 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2022-01-26 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB227)
- 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-14 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2022-02-22 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-01 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-01 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-03 Enrolled
- 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB227ER)
- 2022-03-04 Signed by President
- 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
- 2022-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 110 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26a84134-f9be-4bbf-bce1-da9ff29af106. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).