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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Recoupment; actions that qualify."
+description: "Recoupment. Specifies what actions qualify for statutory recoupment to include all defenses arising out of the transaction, whether such defenses are in law or equity. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 651"
+citation: "Virginia HB 651 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 13
+first_action: "2020-01-06"
+last_action: "2020-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcd859d3-e63e-4caf-b36b-244b913b94da"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB651"
+source_hash: "88845aada5b4baea5d4ab6c3ded09bb3775247df68963bceb578b6049e70e92a"
+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 HB 651 (2020) — Recoupment; actions that qualify.
+
+Recoupment. Specifies what actions qualify for statutory recoupment to include all defenses arising out of the transaction, whether such defenses are in law or equity. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1211)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1211)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB651ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB651)
+3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB651ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB651ER)
+4. **Reenrolled bill text (HB651ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB651ER2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102373D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-28** VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2020-02-19** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2020-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-21** Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
+- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's recommendation received by House
+- **2020-04-22** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (95-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-04-22** Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
+- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
+- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
+- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (HB651ER2)
+- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
+- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
+- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1211 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcd859d3-e63e-4caf-b36b-244b913b94da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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