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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; amount of award."
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description: "Removes the current $600 limit placed on the amount that may be awarded to a crime victim for total loss of earnings resulting from incapacity. The bill also increases from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount a claimant may be awarded from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund for expenses directly related to funeral or burial costs and increases from $25,000 to $35,000 the maximum aggregate award received by a claimant as a result of an injury or death."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2773"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2773 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-18"
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last_action: "2019-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9891c9b-0fa4-4f71-9adf-3029b0505a3c"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2773"
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source_hash: "d9109905a38fe11b5259bcfef0242209767538235722cc9c5d228859d025d199"
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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 HB 2773 (2019) — Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; amount of award.
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Removes the current $600 limit placed on the amount that may be awarded to a crime victim for total loss of earnings resulting from incapacity. The bill also increases from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount a claimant may be awarded from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund for expenses directly related to funeral or burial costs and increases from $25,000 to $35,000 the maximum aggregate award received by a claimant as a result of an injury or death.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0524)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2773AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2773)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2773ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2773ER)
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5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19102633D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2773)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102633D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2773E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 19102633D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB2773E
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- **2019-01-30** Printed as engrossed 19102633D-E
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- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-13** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
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- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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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/e9891c9b-0fa4-4f71-9adf-3029b0505a3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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