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Bill Claims; Michael Haas; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. Claims; Michael Haas; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. Provides that any person receiving an award for wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction on and after January 1, 2023, shall receive, in addition to the compensation for the wrongful incarceration, not less than $30,000 for each year or fraction thereof (i) of imprisonment after being sentenced to death or (ii) that such person was required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry after release from incarceration. Current law allows such additional compensation only for persons receiving an award for wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction on and after January 1, 2024.The bill also grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Michael Haas, who was wrongly convicted of forcible sodomy and, as a result of such wrongful conviction, required to wrongfully register on the sex offender registry. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1586 Virginia HB 1586 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1586 (2025) — Claims; Michael Haas; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry.

Claims; Michael Haas; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. Provides that any person receiving an award for wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction on and after January 1, 2023, shall receive, in addition to the compensation for the wrongful incarceration, not less than $30,000 for each year or fraction thereof (i) of imprisonment after being sentenced to death or (ii) that such person was required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry after release from incarceration. Current law allows such additional compensation only for persons receiving an award for wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction on and after January 1, 2024.The bill also grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Michael Haas, who was wrongly convicted of forcible sodomy and, as a result of such wrongful conviction, required to wrongfully register on the sex offender registry.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. HAPP Sub: General Government and Capital Outlay Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) — 201 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • R. Lee Ware — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101743D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1586)
  • 2025-01-17 Referred from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (Voice Vote) referral-committee
  • 2025-01-18 Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Appropriations Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25101743D-E
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2025-02-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1586)
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-14 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-14 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1586ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1586)
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 369 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/037bcce1-03f1-4c75-88f2-d3fbd7a48b97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).