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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sexual abuse during infancy or incapacity; accrual."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 37"
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citation: "Virginia SB 37 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-11-19"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7a41fa-f261-4796-9377-27d547409a3e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB37"
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source_hash: "d37a47ce5469887c1aafa44ed17e9e240ee92950858e9fec84830e99b1fdefe8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 37 (2026) — Sexual abuse during infancy or incapacity; accrual.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081390.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217317.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169312.HTML)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096474.PDF)
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5. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178736.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181966.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Concur House Amendment R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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- Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100539D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-11-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-23** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-26** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-26** Printed as engrossed 26100539D-E
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- **2026-01-26** agreed to Courts of Justice Amendment
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB37)
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- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-23** Passed House with amendment Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** House Amendment agreed to by Senate `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-27** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB37ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 252 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f7a41fa-f261-4796-9377-27d547409a3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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