Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; person required to register, etc.
Summary
Application for change of name; person required to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; victim notification. Requires the attorney for the Commonwealth to make a reasonable effort to notify the victim of an offense for which a person is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry or such victim's immediate family member if such victim has died when such registrant applies for a change of name with the court. This bill is identical to HB 1846.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Signed Mar 21, 2025
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Enrolled
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Chaptered
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3 edits
MINOR
This bill converts a legislative bill into official law by adding chapter formatting, approval dates, and proper chapter numbering. The substantive text of the name change statute remains unchanged from the enrolled version, with only minor line breaks and spacing adjustments for formatting purposes.
Scope change
No substantive policy changes; this is a formatting conversion from enrolled bill to chaptered law
TECHNICAL
Added chapter header information including 'CHAPTER 220' and approval date 'March 21, 2025'
Reformatted text with additional line breaks and spacing for official publication
Added page number '2 of 2' in the middle of subsection E for pagination
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2025
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 220 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1157ER)
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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