Virginia House Bill 988 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 25 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award; grandchildren. Includes grandchildren of the victim of a crime, who are alive at the time of the commission of the crime, in the list of persons eligible for compensation as a result of the death of the victim (i) as a direct result of the crime or (ii) due to the victim's trying to prevent a crime or attempted crime from occurring or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crime in his presence or had committed a felony.

Compensating victims of crime; persons eligible for award includes grandchildren.

Del. Amanda Batten [R]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) (Y: 97 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-25		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)
2020-03-25		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 446 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-05	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-04	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB988ER)
2020-03-04	House	Enrolled
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-17	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-04	House	VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
2020-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N)
2020-02-03	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-01-31	House	Read first time
2020-01-29	House	Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23	House	Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
2020-01-22	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-22	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N)
2020-01-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
2020-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101592D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	368.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB988
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB988+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB988ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0446+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0018+HB0988
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0038+HB0988
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0207V0004+HB0988
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0026+HB0988
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0350+HB0988
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0364+HB0988
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0434+HB0988
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0988+HB0988
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1156HB0988+HB0988