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| Bill | Victims of sex trafficking; immunity for minors to arrest or prosecution for prostitution. | Victims of sex trafficking; minors; immunity to prosecution for prostitution. Provides that no minor shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for a qualifying offense, defined in relevant law, if at the time of the offense leading to such charge, such minor was a victim of sex trafficking, defined in relevant law. The bill also provides that such minor shall be referred to the local department of social services for a human trafficking or other assessment pursuant to relevant law and a law-enforcement officer or the local department of social services may take custody of such minor. Lastly, the bill provides that no law-enforcement officer acting in good faith shall be found liable for false arrest if it is later determined that the minor arrested was immune from prosecution. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 191 | Virginia HB 191 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 191 (2026) — Victims of sex trafficking; immunity for minors to arrest or prosecution for prostitution.
Victims of sex trafficking; minors; immunity to prosecution for prostitution. Provides that no minor shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for a qualifying offense, defined in relevant law, if at the time of the offense leading to such charge, such minor was a victim of sex trafficking, defined in relevant law. The bill also provides that such minor shall be referred to the local department of social services for a human trafficking or other assessment pursuant to relevant law and a law-enforcement officer or the local department of social services may take custody of such minor. Lastly, the bill provides that no law-enforcement officer acting in good faith shall be found liable for false arrest if it is later determined that the minor arrested was immune from prosecution.
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 Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Criminal Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101466D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB191)
- 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 26106683D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB191)
- 2026-02-18 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-25 Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-02 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB191ER)
passage - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB191)
- 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-02 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 577 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0577)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ee25e4b-16a5-4b31-8e5b-5182d645a71e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).