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type: "Bill"
title: "Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award includes grandchildren."
description: "Compensating victims of crime; persons eligiblefor award; grandchildren. Includes grandchildren of the victimof a crime, who are alive at the time of the commission of the crime,in the list of persons eligible for compensation as a result of thedeath of the victim (i) as a direct result of the crime or (ii) dueto the victim's trying to prevent a crime or attempted crime fromoccurring or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crimein his presence or had committed a felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 988"
citation: "Virginia HB 988 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amanda E. Batten"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/946a6de6-ead9-4df1-b716-3b97a4bd205b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB988"
source_hash: "a02ad139adcb2bc23a59a1fc501e2de06238dc68ba910ceb84d6a81791ae33d0"
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 988 (2020) — Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award includes grandchildren.
Compensating victims of crime; persons eligiblefor award; grandchildren. Includes grandchildren of the victimof a crime, who are alive at the time of the commission of the crime,in the list of persons eligible for compensation as a result of thedeath of the victim (i) as a direct result of the crime or (ii) dueto the victim's trying to prevent a crime or attempted crime fromoccurring or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crimein his presence or had committed a felony.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0446)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB988ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB988ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB988)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB988)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **961** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Amanda E. Batten — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101592D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB988)
- **2020-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB988ER)
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 446 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/946a6de6-ead9-4df1-b716-3b97a4bd205b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).