Virginia House Bill 940 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0397)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Mechanics' liens, amount of lien; nonresident notice requirements. Increases the amount of a mechanics' lien for repairs from $800 to $1,000. The bill also expands the locations in which notice of sale may be provided for nonresident owners to include websites operated by the Commonwealth, the county or city where the property is located, or a political subdivision of either and local newspapers, either in print or on their websites. Under current law, the notice must be posted in three public places in the county or city where the property is located, with public place defined as a premises owned by the Commonwealth, a political subdivision thereof, or an agency of either that is open to the general public.

Mechanics' liens; increases amount of lien, nonresident notice requirements.

Del. Tony Wilt [R]

2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-09 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0397)
2016-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0397)
2016-03-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 397 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-07		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-07	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
2016-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-02	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB940ER)
2016-03-02	House	Enrolled
2016-02-29	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Read third time
2016-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-24	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
2016-02-10	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-09	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2016-02-09	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2016-02-08	House	Printed as engrossed 16101410D-E
2016-02-08	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB940E
2016-02-08	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2016-02-08	House	Read second time
2016-02-05	House	Read first time
2016-02-03	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
2016-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
2016-01-19	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101410D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	644.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	644.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	644.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB940
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB940+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB940E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB940ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0397+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0802V0051+HB0940
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H08V0048+HB0940
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0364+HB0940
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0319+HB0940
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0676HB0940+HB0940
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0693HB0940+HB0940
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0716HB0940+HB0940
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0717HB0940+HB0940