---
type: "Bill"
title: "Condemnation proceeding; interest on the amount of award."
description: "Provides that the interest on an award in a condemnation proceeding that is greater than the amount that the condemnor deposited with the court shall accrue at the judgment rate of interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1421"
citation: "Virginia SB 1421 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Eminent Domain", "Highways", "Bridges and Ferries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae68197f-edff-40ce-a20c-964be4af5be7"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1421"
source_hash: "b2f61ca877ccaf6e27116ddfd578cca0433d768a0239d2aae5d63066b505e54b"
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 1421 (2017) — Condemnation proceeding; interest on the amount of award.

Provides that the interest on an award in a condemnation proceeding that is greater than the amount that the condemnor deposited with the court shall accrue at the judgment rate of interest.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0710)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1421ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1421ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105079D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1421S1)
4. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103351D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1421)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rereferred from Transportation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 17103351D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Rereferred to Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105079D-S1
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1421S1
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2017-02-22** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 710 (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/ae68197f-edff-40ce-a20c-964be4af5be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).