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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Debtor's disposable earnings; exemptions form garnishment, exemptions in bankruptcy proceedings."
+description: "Exemptions from garnishment; exemptions in bankruptcy proceedings; disposable earnings. Provides that the exemption provided for a debtor's disposable earnings, defined by current law, that are subject to garnishment also applies to disposable earnings for the purposes of a bankruptcy proceeding."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 445"
+citation: "Virginia HB 445 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-12"
+last_action: "2026-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a69ff65-fe0a-49fc-adb7-bdc5657810ec"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB445"
+source_hash: "64c17f25ac085918c9c5f0ea5383ce4fa50fae34996459e26606aad15d9b8b68"
+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 445 (2026) — Debtor's disposable earnings; exemptions form garnishment, exemptions in bankruptcy proceedings.
+
+Exemptions from garnishment; exemptions in bankruptcy proceedings; disposable earnings. Provides that the exemption provided for a debtor's disposable earnings, defined by current law, that are subject to garnishment also applies to disposable earnings for the purposes of a bankruptcy proceeding.
+
+## 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/1084475.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216653.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193810.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101046D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-19** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
+- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB445ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 143 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0143)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a69ff65-fe0a-49fc-adb7-bdc5657810ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+