---
type: "Bill"
title: "Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk."
description: "Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1089"
citation: "Virginia SB 1089 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebbin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eff3bb14-cb54-4626-8c21-e45369e921a7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1089"
source_hash: "47adb67f5ae469b3b8533f029b17d154c52fb8322dcd66e7994fd5612d18a05e"
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 1089 (2023) — Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0443** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0443)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104058D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1089)
3. **SB1089ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1089ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (69-Y 27-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ebbin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104058D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-23** Passed House with amendments (69-Y 27-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Passage (69-Y 27-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1089ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 443 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eff3bb14-cb54-4626-8c21-e45369e921a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).