HB1914
Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts.
Status:
Enacted
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts.
Provides that no person who is eligible to receive compensation for wrongful incarceration as the result of an intentional act committed by an officer or employee of the Commonwealth shall be required to execute a release and waiver of such officer, employee, or political subdivision employing such officer or employee ... (More) before receiving compensation. The bill also removes the requirement that provides such additional compensation for intentional acts shall not become effective until the wrongfully incarcerated person enters into an agreement with the agency or locality that fabricated and withheld evidence whereby such agency or locality matches the amount of compensation provided by the Commonwealth. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103908D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/2025 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/17/2025 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 01/20/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914)
- 01/20/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/26/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/27/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
- 01/27/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25106351D-H1
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Floor substitute printed 25106690D-H2 (Sullivan)
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Appropriations Substitute rejected
- 02/03/2025 - House: Delegate Sullivan Substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- 02/03/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914)
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107304D-S1
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/20/2025 - House: House acceded to request
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senators: Surovell, Deeds, McDougle
- 02/20/2025 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/20/2025 - House: Delegates: Sullivan, Seibold, Earley
- 02/22/2025 - Amended by conference committee
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2025 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1914ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1914)
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/21/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)
