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Bill Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. Provides that the instrumentality, political subdivision, or employee responsible for employing the individual who committed an intentional act shall compensate the wrongfully incarcerated individual. Under current law, additional compensation for intentional acts shall not become effective unless and until the wrongfully incarcerated person enters into an agreement with the instrumentality or political subdivision that committed or employed the individual committing the intentional acts to provide such compensation. In the event that the instrumentality or subdivision fails to compensate the individual, the bill authorizes the Governor to issue an order to the Comptroller to withhold all payments of appropriated funds to the instrumentality or political subdivision until such compensation has been paid. The bill also provides that any compensation an individual receives for wrongful registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry only applies to the years that the individual was registered after release from incarceration. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1914 Virginia HB 1914 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1914 (2025) — Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts.

Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. Provides that the instrumentality, political subdivision, or employee responsible for employing the individual who committed an intentional act shall compensate the wrongfully incarcerated individual. Under current law, additional compensation for intentional acts shall not become effective unless and until the wrongfully incarcerated person enters into an agreement with the instrumentality or political subdivision that committed or employed the individual committing the intentional acts to provide such compensation. In the event that the instrumentality or subdivision fails to compensate the individual, the bill authorizes the Governor to issue an order to the Comptroller to withhold all payments of appropriated funds to the instrumentality or political subdivision until such compensation has been paid. The bill also provides that any compensation an individual receives for wrongful registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry only applies to the years that the individual was registered after release from incarceration.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  6. Delegate Sullivan Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Finance and Appropriations Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  8. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — 201 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N) — 094 (fail) · lower
  • Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103908D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-17 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914)
  • 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-24 Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-27 Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106351D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Floor substitute printed 25106690D-H2 (Sullivan)
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Appropriations Substitute rejected
  • 2025-02-03 Delegate Sullivan Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - floor substitute
  • 2025-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914)
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-12 Committee substitute printed 25107304D-S1 substitution
  • 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 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-14 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-14 Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914)
  • 2025-02-18 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N)
  • 2025-02-19 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-19 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-20 House acceded to request
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: Surovell, Deeds, McDougle
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Sullivan, Seibold, Earley
  • 2025-02-22 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-22 Passed by temporarily
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1914ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914)
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6542719-c758-4b32-96c1-323a19505c75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).