---
type: "Bill"
title: "Examining and approving a statement in lieu of the settlement of accounts; fee for commissioner."
description: "Examining and approving a statement in lieu of the settlement of accounts; fee for commissioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1654"
citation: "Virginia HB 1654 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wills", "Trusts", "and Fiduciaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Manoli Loupassi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e93faa6d-00f2-4255-b112-e0b49bd02b53"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1654"
source_hash: "2f4bad0ffe9b98faa0c0a7e556783175030a30dd5780c6066b0489ab02a2ba5f"
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 1654 (2017) — Examining and approving a statement in lieu of the settlement of accounts; fee for commissioner.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0638)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1654ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1654ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101702D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1654)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice — **8–3** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **33–4** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- G. Manoli Loupassi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101702D `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 638 (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/e93faa6d-00f2-4255-b112-e0b49bd02b53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).