republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1622.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse or neglect; out-of-court and recorded statements made by a child."
description: "Provides that, in any civil proceeding involving the alleged abuse or neglect of a child, an out-of-court statement made by a child 14 years of age or younger at the time the statement is offered into evidence describing sexual acts with or on the child by another may be admissible. The bill further provides that in any such civil proceeding, a recorded statement of the alleged victim of the abuse or neglect, made prior to the proceeding, may be admissible if the alleged victim is 14 years of age or younger at the time the statement is offered into evidence. Under current law, such out-of-court and recorded statements may be admissible when the child is 12 years of age or younger."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1622"
citation: "Virginia HB 1622 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-10-10"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c097d416-fb35-48ac-a202-ada772767315"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1622"
source_hash: "74d8275ed8f09d30750878dc504561013a0041ca240b1662d20d02e17d91cce4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1622 (2019) — Child abuse or neglect; out-of-court and recorded statements made by a child.

Provides that, in any civil proceeding involving the alleged abuse or neglect of a child, an out-of-court statement made by a child 14 years of age or younger at the time the statement is offered into evidence describing sexual acts with or on the child by another may be admissible. The bill further provides that in any such civil proceeding, a recorded statement of the alleged victim of the abuse or neglect, made prior to the proceeding, may be admissible if the alleged victim is 14 years of age or younger at the time the statement is offered into evidence. Under current law, such out-of-court and recorded statements may be admissible when the child is 12 years of age or younger.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0413)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0413)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1622AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1622)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1622ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1622ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100479D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1622)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19100479D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1622E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100479D `introduction`
- **2018-10-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB1622E
- **2019-01-24** Printed as engrossed 19100479D-E
- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Rereferred to Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 413 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c097d416-fb35-48ac-a202-ada772767315`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).