republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2691.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relief; Duffy, Keshawn Clarence, compensation for wrongful incarceration.	Claims; Keshawn Clarence Duffy; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Keshawn Clarence Duffy, who was wrongly convicted of and subsequently incarcerated for two counts of forcible sodomy.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2691	Virginia HB 2691 (2025)	bill		enacted	Holly M. Seibold	3	28	7	2025-01-16	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/36afe11f-4664-4910-a236-6a72d6381e61	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2691	602ad63374cc7f471f5ab7a0aa830806166ccd1e90b7d9656ed49a03bb592513	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2691 (2025) — Relief; Duffy, Keshawn Clarence, compensation for wrongful incarceration.

Claims; Keshawn Clarence Duffy; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Keshawn Clarence Duffy, who was wrongly convicted of and subsequently incarcerated for two counts of forcible sodomy.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holly M. Seibold — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 25104133D introduction
• 2025-01-16 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-01-16 Introduced bill reprinted 25104133D
• 2025-01-21 Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-29 Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 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 (HB2691ER) passage
• 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2691)
• 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
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 310 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0310)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36afe11f-4664-4910-a236-6a72d6381e61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).