republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1254.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief; Weakley, Eric."
description: "Claims; Eric Weakley; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $371,933.87 toEric Weakley, who was wrongly convicted of murder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1254"
citation: "Virginia HB 1254 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbb5fb9e-a1cc-4de6-94bc-b4c168384d2d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1254"
source_hash: "cd6c55a7462606717f98267a921d41b37a4f0e56780ac35d782f12e9ad278542"
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 1254 (2022) — Relief; Weakley, Eric.

Claims; Eric Weakley; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Provides relief in the amount of $371,933.87 toEric Weakley, who was wrongly convicted of murder.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0357** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0357)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107210D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1254S1)
3. **HB1254ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1254ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 22104407D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1254)
5. **Printed as engrossed 22104407D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1254E)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 97-N) — **0–96** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22104407D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1254)
- **2022-02-09** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB1254E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22104407D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1254E)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute printed 22107210D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1254S1)
- **2022-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 22107210D-S1
- **2022-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1254S1
- **2022-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Senate substitute rejected by House 22107210D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 97-N)
- **2022-03-09** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-10** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-12** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
- **2022-03-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1254ER)
- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbb5fb9e-a1cc-4de6-94bc-b4c168384d2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).