HB 2773 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; amount of award.

Summary
Removes the current $600 limit placed on the amount that may be awarded to a crime victim for total loss of earnings resulting from incapacity. The bill also increases from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount a claimant may be awarded from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund for expenses directly related to funeral or burial costs and increases from $25,000 to $35,000 the maximum aggregate award received by a claimant as a result of an injury or death.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 18, 2019 Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019

How they voted

370
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 19, 2019
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Feb 13, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2773E
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19102633D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Robert B. Bell
Robert B. Bell
RRepublican
VA
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