republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-641.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief; Kingrea, David Wayne, compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry."
description: "Claims; David Wayne Kingrea; compensation forwrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. Provides that anyindividual wrongfully incarcerated or wrongfully required to registeron the sex offender registry may be awarded compensation for everysuch year of wrongful incarceration or wrongful registration. Thebill grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to David WayneKingrea, who was wrongly convicted of indecent liberties with a minor,and as a result of such wrongful conviction, required to registeron the sex offender registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 641"
citation: "Virginia HB 641 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b58f61d-aca1-45f1-a50e-2ee528c3f9e0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB641"
source_hash: "25a231f0b4e6004af183b7c6d4985997f83cf5f93e2357af7c5233f2a7571904"
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 641 (2024) — Relief; Kingrea, David Wayne, compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry.

Claims; David Wayne Kingrea; compensation forwrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. Provides that anyindividual wrongfully incarcerated or wrongfully required to registeron the sex offender registry may be awarded compensation for everysuch year of wrongful incarceration or wrongful registration. Thebill grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to David WayneKingrea, who was wrongly convicted of indecent liberties with a minor,and as a result of such wrongful conviction, required to registeron the sex offender registry.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0143** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0143)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106445D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB641H1)
3. **HB641ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB641ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101418D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB641)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred from Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101418D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Referred from Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-21** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB641)
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute printed 24106445D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB641H1)
- **2024-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24106445D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB641H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB641ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB641ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 143 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0143)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b58f61d-aca1-45f1-a50e-2ee528c3f9e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).