---
type: "Bill"
title: "Person under a disability; parties unknown."
description: "Person under a disability; parties unknown.Includes in the definition of \"person under a disability\" personsmade defendants by the general description of \"parties unknown\" insuits involving real property. This bill is a recommendation of theBoyd-Graves Conference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 678"
citation: "Virginia HB 678 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a1d17f6-3d91-4752-b6d5-906a87b4ce55"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB678"
source_hash: "f201fd32cc7216b08ff8617443fd18cb16b4d59fb1580426533dc1fd52508138"
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 678 (2022) — Person under a disability; parties unknown.

Person under a disability; parties unknown.Includes in the definition of "person under a disability" personsmade defendants by the general description of "parties unknown" insuits involving real property. This bill is a recommendation of theBoyd-Graves Conference.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0299** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0299)
2. **HB678ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB678ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101578D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB678)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101578D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-04** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Enrolled
- **2022-02-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-23** Signed by President
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 299 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a1d17f6-3d91-4752-b6d5-906a87b4ce55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).