Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I &Tier II offenses.
Summary
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration intervals for Tier I and Tier II offenses. Requires any person who is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry and who is convicted of a Tier I or Tier II offense to register yearly. The bill also requires any person convicted of providing false information or failing to provide registration information where such person was included on the Registry for a Tier I or Tier II offense to register twice a year.
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 2, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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MINOR
This bill formalizes the final status of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry legislation by adding the official chapter number and approval date. It confirms that the act was approved on March 24, 2025, and becomes part of the Virginia Acts of Assembly as Chapter 433. The substantive policy changes regarding registration intervals for Tier I and Tier II offenses were already established in the previous version and remain unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; this version only adds the official chapter number and approval date required for the law to take effect.
TECHNICAL
Added the official chapter number (Chapter 433) to identify the act in the compiled statutes.
Added the specific approval date (March 24, 2025) to mark when the Governor signed the bill into law.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2025
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Jan 14, 2025
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican18
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 433 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB844ER)
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 2, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Christie Craig
RRepublican
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