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type: "Bill"
title: "Claims; Michael Haas; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry."
description: "Claims; Michael Haas; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. Provides that any person receiving an award for wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction on and after January 1, 2023, shall receive, in addition to the compensation for the wrongful incarceration, not less than $30,000 for each year or fraction thereof (i) of imprisonment after being sentenced to death or (ii) that such person was required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry after release from incarceration. Current law allows such additional compensation only for persons receiving an award for wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction on and after January 1, 2024.The bill also grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Michael Haas, who was wrongly convicted of forcible sodomy and, as a result of such wrongful conviction, required to wrongfully register on the sex offender registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1586"
citation: "Virginia HB 1586 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-02"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/037bcce1-03f1-4c75-88f2-d3fbd7a48b97"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1586"
source_hash: "d474accf7da191873dcf4126db6f12e921932d74e519192c388e573ca5fdbfe8"
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 1586 (2025) — Claims; Michael Haas; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry.
Claims; Michael Haas; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. Provides that any person receiving an award for wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction on and after January 1, 2023, shall receive, in addition to the compensation for the wrongful incarceration, not less than $30,000 for each year or fraction thereof (i) of imprisonment after being sentenced to death or (ii) that such person was required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry after release from incarceration. Current law allows such additional compensation only for persons receiving an award for wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction on and after January 1, 2024.The bill also grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Michael Haas, who was wrongly convicted of forcible sodomy and, as a result of such wrongful conviction, required to wrongfully register on the sex offender registry.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012103.PDF)
2. **Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034680.HTML)
3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073441.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035396.PDF)
5. **HAPP Sub: General Government and Capital Outlay Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030731.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054471.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) — **201** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **360** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101743D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1586)
- **2025-01-17** Referred from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (Voice Vote) `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-18** Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Appropriations Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25101743D-E
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1586)
- **2025-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1586ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1586)
- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 369 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/037bcce1-03f1-4c75-88f2-d3fbd7a48b97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).