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1998 SESSION
HB 571 Compensation for Victims of Crime Act.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Compensation for Victims of Crime Act. Broadens the list of compensable crimes for victims who suffer emotional injuries to include all violent felonies as defined and used by the Criminal Sentencing Commission; expressly includes persons injured or killed as a result of foreign terrorism so they are eligible for compensation; increases from 180 days to one year, from the occurrence of the crime or death of the victim, the amount of time that a victim of crime or someone on his behalf has to file a claim; increases the amount of time a victim of crime has to perfect a claim from 90 to 180 days after written notice of defect; increases the statutory cap for allowable funeral expenses from $2000 to $3500; and adds reasonable and necessary moving expenses, not to exceed $500, to the list of compensable services that an award may include. The bill also creates a rebuttable presumption that the claimant did not contribute to and was not responsible for the infliction of his injury. The position of crime victims' ombudsman is established to facilitate the review and resolution of claims and assure that crime victims' rights are safeguarded.
The bill is recommended by the Crime Commission.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 980789825 pdf
- 02/15/98 House: Committee substitute printed 981988825-H1 pdf
- 02/17/98 House: Printed as engrossed 981988825-EH1 pdf
- 03/25/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB571ER) pdf
- 04/22/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0484) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/21/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 980789825
- 01/21/98 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/26/98 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 02/15/98 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (22-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/98 House: Committee substitute printed 981988825-H1
- 02/16/98 House: Read first time
- 02/17/98 House: Read second time
- 02/17/98 House: Committee substitute agreed to 981988825-H1
- 02/17/98 House: Amendments by Mr Deeds agreed to
- 02/17/98 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. w/amds 981988825-EH1
- 02/17/98 House: Printed as engrossed 981988825-EH1
- 02/17/98 House: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/98 House: Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/98 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/19/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/19/98 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/98 Senate: Assigned to C. J. sub-com: Criminal Law and Procedure
- 02/25/98 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds. (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/98 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/98 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/98 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/27/98 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/27/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/98 Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/03/98 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/03/98 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/03/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/04/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/05/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/06/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/09/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/11/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/12/98 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/98 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/98 House: Title replaced
- 03/25/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB571ER)
- 03/31/98 House: Enrolled
- 03/31/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/02/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/14/98 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 484 (effective 7/1/98)
- 04/22/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0484)