Virginia Senate Bill 640 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1013)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Unlawful detainer; expungement. Creates a process by which unlawful detainer actions filed in a general district court that have been dismissed or nonsuited may be expunged upon request of the defendant to such action. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

Unlawful detainer; expungement of actions, effective date.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1013)
2020-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1013 (effective 1/1/22)
2020-03-17		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-17	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-12	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB640ER)
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-05	Senate	House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-03-04	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2020-03-04	House	Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2020-03-04	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2020-03-04	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-03-04	House	Read third time
2020-03-03	House	Read second time
2020-02-28	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2020-02-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-02-14	House	Read first time
2020-02-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20107609D-ES1
2020-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB640ES1
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20107609D-S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20107609D-S1
2020-02-05	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-05	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-24	Senate	Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100736D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	130.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB640
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB640+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB640S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB640ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB640ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1013+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0204+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0232+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0457SB0640+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0520SB0640+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0521SB0640+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0522SB0640+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0523SB0640+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0802V0106+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0398+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1878+SB0640
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1573SB0640+SB0640