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Victims of crime; reimbursement for expenses; Coordinator of the Virginia Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Coordination Program; work group. Provides that all medical fees expended in the gathering of evidence through anonymous trace evidence collection kit examinations conducted on victims complaining of strangulation pursuant to relevant law shall be paid by the Commonwealth through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund (also known as the Virginia Victims Fund) administered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. The bill states that such victims shall not be required to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate with law-enforcement authorities in order to be provided with such medical exams. Under current law, all medical fees expended in the gathering of evidence through physical evidence recovery kit examinations conducted on victims complaining of sexual assault are paid by the Commonwealth via the Fund, and victims complaining of sexual assault are not required to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate with law-enforcement authorities in order to be provided with such forensic medical exams.The bill expands the powers and duties of the Commission to adopt, promulgate, amend, and rescind suitable rules and regulations to include a distinct policy for the payment of anonymous trace evidence collection kit examinations and requires that the Coordinator of the Virginia Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Coordination Program be a registered nurse, licensed in the Commonwealth, with experience as a forensic nurse.Lastly, the bill directs the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to discuss and submit recommendations for certain matters related to the reimbursement process for forensic medical examinations, enumerated in the bill. The bill directs the work group to submit a report with recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Health and Human Services, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2026.
Introduced
Jan 23, 2026
Last Action
Mar 13, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A)
Conference Report released
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1464)
House Conferees: Shin, Mehta, Hodges
Conferees appointed by House
House acceded to request
Senate requested conference committee
Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 96-N 0-A)
Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Senate insisted on substitute
Senate Conferees: Boysko, Perry, Stanley
Conferees appointed by Senate
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Read third time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Committee substitute printed 26109437D-S1
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1464)
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1464)
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by House as amended
committee amendments agreed to
Read first time
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1464)
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
Referred from General Laws and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1464)
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Presented and ordered printed 26105391D
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Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)