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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Eminent domain; certificate of take, description of property."
+description: "Eminent domain; certificate of take; description of property. Clarifies that a certificate of take in any eminent domain matter may include a combination of one or more plats, drawings, or plans to provide the description of the property being taken as required by law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1401"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1401 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Margaret A. Franklin"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2026-01-22"
+last_action: "2026-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/502f3a58-5c88-44b3-8c69-5b8f120c702c"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1401"
+source_hash: "fb3cc397fc184b2ff6cf795a9f158a9583c4ae7cef707d2fdc44461d88168776"
+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 1401 (2026) — Eminent domain; certificate of take, description of property.
+
+Eminent domain; certificate of take; description of property. Clarifies that a certificate of take in any eminent domain matter may include a combination of one or more plats, drawings, or plans to provide the description of the property being taken as required by law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093715.PDF)
+2. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200550.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213544.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **92–2** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–1** (pass) · lower
+- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–1** (pass) · lower
+- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **92–4** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Margaret A. Franklin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 26103990D `introduction`
+- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
+- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1401)
+- **2026-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** Senate committee offered
+- **2026-03-09** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Committee substitute printed 26108619D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
+- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
+- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 2-N 0-A) `substitution`
+- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1401ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1401)
+- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 841 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/502f3a58-5c88-44b3-8c69-5b8f120c702c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+