# Virginia HB1914: Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. Virginia HB1914, Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-03-21 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1914-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1914 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-06 - Last action: 2025-03-21, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213) - Sponsor: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 13 (440 yes, 95 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. Provides that the instrumentality, political subdivision, or employee responsible for employing the individual who committed an intentional act shall compensate the wrongfully incarcerated individual. Under current law, additional compensation for intentional acts shall not become effective unless and until the wrongfully incarcerated person enters into an agreement with the instrumentality or political subdivision that committed or employed the individual committing the intentional acts to provide such compensation. In the event that the instrumentality or subdivision fails to compensate the individual, the bill authorizes the Governor to issue an order to the Comptroller to withhold all payments of appropriated funds to the instrumentality or political subdivision until such compensation has been paid. The bill also provides that any compensation an individual receives for wrongful registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry only applies to the years that the individual was registered after release from incarceration. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-22 | House | Conference report agreed to by House | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-02-22 | Senate | Conference report agreed to by Senate | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Senate insisted on substitute | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | Senate substitute rejected by House | fail | 0 | 94 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote | pass | 36 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-02-10 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2025-01-29 | House | Reported from Appropriations with substitute | pass | 20 | 1 | | | 2025-01-27 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 7 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-01-24 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-01-20 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (53) - 2025-03-21: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213) (Governor) - 2025-03-21: Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914) (House) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1914ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-22: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-22: Amended by conference committee - 2025-02-22: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-22: Passed by temporarily (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senators: Surovell, Deeds, McDougle (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Delegates: Sullivan, Seibold, Earley (House) - 2025-02-20: Conferees appointed by House (House) - 2025-02-20: Conferees appointed by Senate (Senate) - 2025-02-20: House acceded to request (House) - 2025-02-19: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate requested conference committee (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N) (House) - 2025-02-14: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914) (House) - 2025-02-14: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (36-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Reading of substitute waived (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Committee substitute printed 25107304D-S1 (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-03: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914) (House) - 2025-02-03: Floor substitute printed 25106690D-H2 (Sullivan) (House) - 2025-02-03: Engrossed by House - floor substitute (House) - 2025-02-03: Delegate Sullivan Substitute agreed to (House) - 2025-02-03: Appropriations Substitute rejected (House) - 2025-02-03: Read second time (House) - 2025-01-31: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee substitute printed 25106351D-H1 (House) - 2025-01-29: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (House) - 2025-01-27: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-27: Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay (House) - 2025-01-24: Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-20: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914) (House) - 2025-01-17: Assigned Courts sub: Civil (House) - 2025-01-06: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (House) - 2025-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103908D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072206.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072205.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069009.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069008.PDF) - Conference Report, 2025-02-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067559.HTML) - Substitute, 2025-02-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048642.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047967.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047966.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048641.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-02-03: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1038296.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1038295.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034827.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034826.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-27: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030847.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030846.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013999.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013998.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. 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