republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-155.md

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Bill	Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims.	Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims. Provides that in claims for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund involving claims of sexual abuse of a minor where the conduct constitutes a felony, the passage of time shall not be a barrier to when the victim can file a claim. Under current law, such claim involving sexual abuse of a minor shall be filed within 10 years after the minor's eighteenth birthday. This bill is identical to SB 646.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 155	Virginia HB 155 (2024)	bill		enacted	W. Chad Green	5	38	8	2024-01-02	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/0ba96baa-e50a-4169-99fc-ffffd3d60302	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB155	8f1ff6ca9aaba64fe205541fa2cdeaa647f4e86011165363bd418acccb9e06a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 155 (2024) — Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims.

Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims. Provides that in claims for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund involving claims of sexual abuse of a minor where the conduct constitutes a felony, the passage of time shall not be a barrier to when the victim can file a claim. Under current law, such claim involving sexual abuse of a minor shall be filed within 10 years after the minor's eighteenth birthday. This bill is identical to SB 646.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0175 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105661D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108301D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB155ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100789D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• W. Chad Green — primary (person)
• A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
• Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100789D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-19 Committee substitute printed 24105661D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB155H1)
• 2024-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 24105661D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB155H1 substitution
• 2024-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-27 Committee substitute printed 24108301D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB155S1)
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 24108301D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB155S1 substitution
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108301D-S1 (94-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-03-01 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB155ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB155ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ba96baa-e50a-4169-99fc-ffffd3d60302. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).