VA HB631 | 2013 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-11-29 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-11-29 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Application of foreign law in Virginia courts. Provides that court decisions and contracts and other agreements will be void as violative of the public policy of the Commonwealth where such decisions or contracts are based on foreign law, i.e., law applied in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, where the application of such foreign law would violate a person's rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Virginia.
Title
Application of foreign law; court decisions and contracts will be void as violation of policy.
Sponsors
| Del. Mark Cole [R] | Del. Rick Morris [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-29 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2012-02-10 | House | Continued to 2013 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| 2012-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2013 by voice vote |
| 2012-01-13 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Civil |
| 2012-01-11 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2012-01-11 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102364D |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 01 | 465.26 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 8 | 01 | 465.30 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB631 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB631+hil |
