Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; amount of award. (HB2773)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; amount of award. Removes the current $600 limit placed on the amount that may be awarded to a crime victim for total loss of earnings resulting from incapacity. The bill also increases from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount a claimant may be awarded from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund for expenses directly related to funeral or burial costs and increases from $25,000 to $35,000 the maximum aggregate award received by a claimant as a result of an injury or death. Amends § 19.2-368.11:1, of the Code of Virginia. Read the Bill »

Status

02/18/2019: passed committee

History

Date	Action
01/18/2019	Presented and ordered printed 19102633D
01/18/2019	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/23/2019	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
01/23/2019	Impact statement from DPB (HB2773)
01/23/2019	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
01/25/2019	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2019	Read first time
01/30/2019	Read second time
01/30/2019	Committee amendment agreed to
01/30/2019	Engrossed by House as amended HB2773E
01/30/2019	Printed as engrossed 19102633D-E
01/31/2019	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
01/31/2019	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2019	Impact statement from DPB (HB2773E)
02/01/2019	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/01/2019	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/13/2019	Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2019	Rereferred to Finance
02/18/2019	Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2019	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)