Victims of crime; compensation, reporting requirement.
Summary
Compensating victims of crime; reporting requirement; sexual abuse. Provides that the requirement that the VirginiaWorkers' Compensation Commission find that police records show thecrime was promptly reported no more than 120 hours after it occurredin order to award a claimant funds from the Criminal Injuries CompensationFund does not apply to claims of sexual abuse. Under current law,the exception to such requirement applies only to claims of sexualabuse that occurred while the victim was a minor.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 8, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 17, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 178 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (94-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 8, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102046D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karrie Delaney
DDemocratic
Co
Carrie Coyner
RRepublican
Co
Robert B. Bell
RRepublican
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