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type: "Bill"
title: "Relief; Johnson, Messiah Aladar, compensation for wrongful incarceration."
description: "Claims; Messiah Aladar Johnson; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Messiah Aladar Johnson, who was wrongly convicted of and subsequently incarcerated for five counts of robbery, 12 counts of the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, six counts of abduction, attempted robbery, and shooting into an occupied building in 1998."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1472"
citation: "Virginia HB 1472 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5274481a-0ab8-4c14-95fe-4bab3e8287ae"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1472"
source_hash: "0658c20b73ade20da69fb89c9962bce0639706739088d181f18c8db90487d27f"
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 1472 (2026) — Relief; Johnson, Messiah Aladar, compensation for wrongful incarceration.
Claims; Messiah Aladar Johnson; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Messiah Aladar Johnson, who was wrongly convicted of and subsequently incarcerated for five counts of robbery, 12 counts of the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, six counts of abduction, attempted robbery, and shooting into an occupied building in 1998.
## 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/1095219.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218122.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209140.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26105463D `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1472)
- **2026-01-28** Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-16** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1472ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1472)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 472 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0472)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5274481a-0ab8-4c14-95fe-4bab3e8287ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).