Virginia House Bill 823 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 19 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-19 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

General contractors; waiver or diminishment of lien rights; subordination of lien rights. Provides that a general contractor may not waive or diminish his lien rights in a contract in advance of furnishing any labor, services, or materials. The bill further provides that, notwithstanding the prohibition against waiving or diminishing such a lien right, a general contractor may, prior to or after providing any labor, services, or materials, contract to subordinate his lien rights to prior and later recorded deeds of trust, provided that such contract is (i) in writing and (ii) signed by any general contractor whose lien rights are being subordinated pursuant to such contract. This bill is identical to SB 319.

Contractors, general; waiver or diminishment of lien rights, subordination of lien rights.

Del. Barry Knight [R]

Del. James Leftwich [R]

2018-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-19 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-19		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)
2018-03-19		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 325 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-03-05		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
2018-03-05	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2018
2018-03-02	Senate	Signed by President
2018-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-02-27	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB823ER)
2018-02-27	House	Enrolled
2018-02-23	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2018-02-23	Senate	Read third time
2018-02-22	Senate	Passed by for the day
2018-02-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-19	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N)
2018-02-12	Senate	Rereferred to General Laws and Technology
2018-02-12	Senate	Rereferred from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2018-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-02-02	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-02	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-01	House	Read second time and engrossed
2018-01-31	House	Read first time
2018-01-29	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
2018-01-19	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2018-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102067D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB823
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB823+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB823ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0325+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0802V0018+HB0823
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H08V0020+HB0823
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0255+HB0823
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S03V0294+HB0823
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S12V0148+HB0823
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0596HB0823+HB0823
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0672HB0823+HB0823