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Bill Sexual abuse during infancy or incapacity; accrual. Sexual abuse during infancy or incapacity; accrual. Adds to the accrual provisions for personal injury actions resulting from sexual abuse during the infancy or incapacity of a person that accrual occurs when corroborative evidence, as defined in the bill, is discovered or by the exercise of due diligence reasonably should have been discovered. This bill is identical to HB 1020. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 37 Virginia SB 37 (2026)
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Virginia SB 37 (2026) — Sexual abuse during infancy or incapacity; accrual.

Sexual abuse during infancy or incapacity; accrual. Adds to the accrual provisions for personal injury actions resulting from sexual abuse during the infancy or incapacity of a person that accrual occurs when corroborative evidence, as defined in the bill, is discovered or by the exercise of due diligence reasonably should have been discovered. This bill is identical to HB 1020.

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. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. House Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Concur House Amendment R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
  • Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-11-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100539D filing, introduction
  • 2025-11-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2026-01-21 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-23 Rules suspended
  • 2026-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-01-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-01-26 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-01-26 Printed as engrossed 26100539D-E
  • 2026-01-26 agreed to Courts of Justice Amendment
  • 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2026-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB37)
  • 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2026-02-18 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-20 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-23 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-23 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2026-02-23 Passed House with amendment Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-25 House Amendment agreed to by Senate amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-02-27 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB37ER) passage
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-27 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
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 252 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f7a41fa-f261-4796-9377-27d547409a3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).