HR 7467 · 119th Congress

Virginia’s Law

Virginia's Law creates new legal rights for victims of certain federal crimes to sue their attackers in civil court and recover money damages and attorney's fees. The bill focuses on two major categories of crimes: sexual abuse crimes (like rape and sexual assault) and human trafficking crimes. Currently, victims of…

Sponsor

Leger Fernandez, Teresa (D-New Mexico)

Introduced

2026-02-10

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.