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| Bill | Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I &Tier II offenses. | Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I and Tier II offenses. Requires any person who is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry and who is convicted of a Tier I or Tier II offense to register yearly. The bill also requires any person convicted of providing false information or failing to provide registration information where such person was included on the Registry for a Tier I or Tier II offense to register twice a year. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 844 | Virginia SB 844 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 844 (2025) — Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I &Tier II offenses.
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I and Tier II offenses. Requires any person who is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry and who is convicted of a Tier I or Tier II offense to register yearly. The bill also requires any person convicted of providing false information or failing to provide registration information where such person was included on the Registry for a Tier I or Tier II offense to register twice a year.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Christie New Craig — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102892D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-01-13 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-13 Committee substitute printed 25104788D-S1
substitution - 2025-01-13 Impact statement from VCSC (SB844)
- 2025-01-14 Impact statement from VCSC (SB844)
- 2025-01-14 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-14 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-15 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-15 Reading of substitute waived
- 2025-01-15 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-01-16 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB844)
- 2025-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2025-02-04 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-07 Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-12 Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-17 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB844ER)
passage - 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB844)
- 2025-02-20 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025
enrolled - 2025-02-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 433 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/818e8f45-fe2c-4eb5-a9d9-25d9df4e0830. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).