---
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).