VA HB595 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Property rights of married women. Repeals obsolete provisions in the Code of Virginia relating to property rights of married women. The bill retains provisions relating to (i) a spouse's responsibility for the other spouse's contract or tort liability to a third party and (ii) the abolishment of separate estates, by relocating those provisions to appropriate titles in the Code.
Title
Married women; property rights.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-16 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2016-01-27 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote |
| 2016-01-14 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law |
| 2016-01-11 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2016-01-11 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101372D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB595 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB595+hil |
