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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I &Tier II offenses."
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description: "Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I and Tier II offenses. Requires any person who is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry and who is convicted of a Tier I or Tier II offense to register yearly. The bill also requires any person convicted of providing false information or failing to provide registration information where such person was included on the Registry for a Tier I or Tier II offense to register twice a year."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 844"
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citation: "Virginia SB 844 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christie New Craig"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-02"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818e8f45-fe2c-4eb5-a9d9-25d9df4e0830"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB844"
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source_hash: "33a047ebebf79b91e64496302dd21b3c535cd8f61a53ac1e03d87bd60425d78a"
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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 SB 844 (2025) — Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I &Tier II offenses.
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Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I and Tier II offenses. Requires any person who is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry and who is convicted of a Tier I or Tier II offense to register yearly. The bill also requires any person convicted of providing false information or failing to provide registration information where such person was included on the Registry for a Tier I or Tier II offense to register twice a year.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012207.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074386.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019103.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049740.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christie New Craig — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102892D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-13** Committee substitute printed 25104788D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-13** Impact statement from VCSC (SB844)
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- **2025-01-14** Impact statement from VCSC (SB844)
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- **2025-01-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-15** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-15** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-01-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-16** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB844)
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- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-04** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-07** Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB844ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB844)
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 433 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433)
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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/818e8f45-fe2c-4eb5-a9d9-25d9df4e0830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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