republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1298.md

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Bill	Human trafficking; issuance of vacatur for victims, definitions.	Issuance of vacatur for victims of human trafficking. Expands the current process for the issuance of writs of vacatur for victims of human trafficking to include ancillary matters, defined in the bill, and any charge or arrest related to a qualifying offense as defined in current law. The bill also expands the list of qualifying offenses eligible for such writ. This bill is identical to SB 748.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1298	Virginia HB 1298 (2026)	bill		enacted	Karrie K. Delaney	4	38	11	2026-01-15	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/74b6b386-b421-4220-955b-517dddda4110	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1298	949b9230102523c342d910a22db8219a02e1a31a85e94f24a6d093287285c03b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1298 (2026) — Human trafficking; issuance of vacatur for victims, definitions.

Issuance of vacatur for victims of human trafficking. Expands the current process for the issuance of writs of vacatur for victims of human trafficking to include ancillary matters, defined in the bill, and any charge or arrest related to a qualifying offense as defined in current law. The bill also expands the list of qualifying offenses eligible for such writ. This bill is identical to SB 748.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Criminal Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
• Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
• Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 26104783D introduction
• 2026-01-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-04 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26106686D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-11 Reconsidered by Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-13 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108569D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1298ER) passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 770 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74b6b386-b421-4220-955b-517dddda4110. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).