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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Eminent domain; payment of judgment, attorney fees."
+description: "Eminent domain; payment of judgment; attorney fees. Provides for attorney fees to be awarded in eminent domain cases in which there is a judgment for a property owner if such judgment is not paid within the time required by law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 9"
+citation: "Virginia SB 9 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2021-12-06"
+last_action: "2022-04-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecbf95fd-6a3a-4c57-abde-97aa0e4720e4"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB9"
+source_hash: "68866d3e5496b74fe9c846e3225f406d75d24f10315c8dba8c2b501eb27af3a8"
+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 9 (2022) — Eminent domain; payment of judgment, attorney fees.
+
+Eminent domain; payment of judgment; attorney fees. Provides for attorney fees to be awarded in eminent domain cases in which there is a judgment for a property owner if such judgment is not paid within the time required by law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0702** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0702)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102162D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB9)
+3. **Printed as engrossed 22102162D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB9E)
+4. **SB9ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB9ER)
+5. **SB9ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB9ER2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-12-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102162D `introduction`
+- **2021-12-06** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-17** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2022-01-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-28** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2022-01-28** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2022-01-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB9E
+- **2022-01-28** Printed as engrossed 22102162D-E
+- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
+- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-01** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2022-03-01** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2022-03-01** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-03-03** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
+- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
+- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
+- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
+- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (SB9ER2)
+- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
+- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
+- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 702 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecbf95fd-6a3a-4c57-abde-97aa0e4720e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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