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Bill Victims of crime; compensation, extends time for filing a claim. Compensating victims of crime. Extends, for the purpose of compensating victims of crime, the time for filing a claim by the claimant to not later than three years after the occurrence of the crime upon which such claim is based, or not later than three years after the death of the victim. Under current law, such time frame is not later than one year after either instance. The bill removes the prohibition on the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission (the Commission) making an award where the police records show that a crime was reported more than 120 hours after the occurrence of the crime unless the Commission, for good cause shown, finds the delay to have been justified. Also, the bill requires the Commission, in determining if a report was promptly reported to the proper authorities, to consider (i) any police records; (ii) the victim's physical, emotional, mental, and family situation; and (iii) the existence of a permanent protective order, issued pursuant to relevant law, for the victim or other persons eligible for awards from the person responsible for the qualifying crime. The bill also removes the ability of the Commission to deny, reduce, or withdraw any award upon finding that any claimant or award recipient has not fully cooperated with all law-enforcement agencies, unless the law-enforcement agency certifies that the claimant or award recipient was willing but unable to cooperate due to a good faith belief that such cooperation would have endangered such claimant or award recipient and such claimant or award recipient was not provided with any victim or witness protection services when such protection services were requested by a law-enforcement agency. This bill is identical to SB 1200. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1968 Virginia HB 1968 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1968 (2025) — Victims of crime; compensation, extends time for filing a claim.

Compensating victims of crime. Extends, for the purpose of compensating victims of crime, the time for filing a claim by the claimant to not later than three years after the occurrence of the crime upon which such claim is based, or not later than three years after the death of the victim. Under current law, such time frame is not later than one year after either instance. The bill removes the prohibition on the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission (the Commission) making an award where the police records show that a crime was reported more than 120 hours after the occurrence of the crime unless the Commission, for good cause shown, finds the delay to have been justified. Also, the bill requires the Commission, in determining if a report was promptly reported to the proper authorities, to consider (i) any police records; (ii) the victim's physical, emotional, mental, and family situation; and (iii) the existence of a permanent protective order, issued pursuant to relevant law, for the victim or other persons eligible for awards from the person responsible for the qualifying crime. The bill also removes the ability of the Commission to deny, reduce, or withdraw any award upon finding that any claimant or award recipient has not fully cooperated with all law-enforcement agencies, unless the law-enforcement agency certifies that the claimant or award recipient was willing but unable to cooperate due to a good faith belief that such cooperation would have endangered such claimant or award recipient and such claimant or award recipient was not provided with any victim or witness protection services when such protection services were requested by a law-enforcement agency. This bill is identical to SB 1200.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Courts of Justice Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  6. Finance and Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  7. Finance and Appropriations Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  8. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Amendment rejected by House (2-Y 93-N) — 2–93 (fail) · lower
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104142D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2025-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-24 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-28 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1968)
  • 2025-01-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-29 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2025-01-29 Printed as engrossed 25104142D-E
  • 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1968)
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (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 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2025-02-14 Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-14 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2025-02-14 Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-18 Senate Amendment rejected by House (2-Y 93-N) amendment-failure
  • 2025-02-19 Senate insisted on amendment (38-Y 0-N)
  • 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: Deeds, Bagby, Obenshain
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Delaney, McClure, Garrett
  • 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1968ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 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
  • 2025-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1968)
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 225 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0225)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1bb51e9-ef12-4bd3-9d45-c20a7c7b06d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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