republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-646.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 HB 155.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 646	Virginia SB 646 (2024)	bill		enacted	Timmy F. French	4	35	9	2024-01-12	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d6f07ff4-755a-49f3-aff0-c4a316cb1f09	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB646	cb3f99f082f10da0e0b5a460be87d7ce6388c52ede8401296a50ece12e8947d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 646 (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 HB 155.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0254 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107782D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 24105210D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB646ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Timmy F. French — primary (person)
• W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-12 Presented and ordered printed 24105210D introduction
• 2024-01-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB646)
• 2024-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Committee substitute printed 24107782D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB646H1)
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 24107782D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB646H1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-27 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
• 2024-02-28 House receded from substitute (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB646ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB646ER)
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6f07ff4-755a-49f3-aff0-c4a316cb1f09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).