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type: "Bill"
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title: "Writ of vacatur; victims of sex trafficking, payment of fees or costs."
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description: "Writ of vacatur; victims of sex trafficking;payment of fees or costs. Provides that a petitioner for a writof vacatur for victims of sex trafficking shall not be required topay any fees or costs for filing such petition if the petitioneris found to be unable to pay them."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 711"
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citation: "Virginia HB 711 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Keam"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7bb876e-d7fc-401d-96db-f1cd155654cf"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB711"
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source_hash: "6bffd08c0b310047b15a40cedb5f04128d2fe9008e911bc3de8401a7daeb23db"
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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 711 (2022) — Writ of vacatur; victims of sex trafficking, payment of fees or costs.
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Writ of vacatur; victims of sex trafficking;payment of fees or costs. Provides that a petitioner for a writof vacatur for victims of sex trafficking shall not be required topay any fees or costs for filing such petition if the petitioneris found to be unable to pay them.
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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. **CHAP0408** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0408)
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2. **HB711ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB711ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104020D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB711)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
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- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
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- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104020D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB711)
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- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-21** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB711ER)
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 408 (effective 7/1/22) `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/c7bb876e-d7fc-401d-96db-f1cd155654cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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