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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Condemnation proceeding; interest on the amount of award."
+description: "Provides that the interest on an award in a condemnation proceeding that is greater than the amount that the condemnor deposited with the court shall accrue at the judgment rate of interest."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1421"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1421 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Eminent Domain", "Highways", "Bridges and Ferries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2017-01-11"
+last_action: "2017-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae68197f-edff-40ce-a20c-964be4af5be7"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1421"
+source_hash: "b2f61ca877ccaf6e27116ddfd578cca0433d768a0239d2aae5d63066b505e54b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 1421 (2017) — Condemnation proceeding; interest on the amount of award.
+
+Provides that the interest on an award in a condemnation proceeding that is greater than the amount that the condemnor deposited with the court shall accrue at the judgment rate of interest.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0710)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1421ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1421ER)
+3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105079D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1421S1)
+4. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103351D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1421)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rereferred from Transportation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 17103351D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Rereferred to Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105079D-S1
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1421S1
+- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2017-02-22** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 710 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae68197f-edff-40ce-a20c-964be4af5be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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