---
type: "Bill"
title: "Debtor interrogatories; fieri facias, against whom a summons shall be issued."
description: "Debtor interrogatories; fieri facias; against whom a summons shall be issued. Requires the clerk of the court from which a fieri facias is issued to issue a summons against any person known or reasonably suspected to be a debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor in order to ascertain the personal estate of a judgment debtor provided the judgment creditor or his attorney files an affidavit stating as such. Under current law, such clerk of the court shall issue a summons against any debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1248"
citation: "Virginia HB 1248 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wren M. Williams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9a72766-7ed8-406d-87cd-170acab25078"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1248"
source_hash: "c7a39d40969cf8f980e0b51107247b2e377f2c1b18bb4516a09eb11cdf13c258"
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 1248 (2024) — Debtor interrogatories; fieri facias, against whom a summons shall be issued.

Debtor interrogatories; fieri facias; against whom a summons shall be issued. Requires the clerk of the court from which a fieri facias is issued to issue a summons against any person known or reasonably suspected to be a debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor in order to ascertain the personal estate of a judgment debtor provided the judgment creditor or his attorney files an affidavit stating as such. Under current law, such clerk of the court shall issue a summons against any debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0744** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0744)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107395D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1248H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108350D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1248S1)
4. **HB1248ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1248ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102430D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1248)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 16-N) — **21–16** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 9-N) — **84–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wren M. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102430D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2024-02-09** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-09** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute printed 24107395D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107395D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1248H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute printed 24108350D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 24108350D-1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1248S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108350D-S1 (85-Y 9-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 9-N)
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1248ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 744 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9a72766-7ed8-406d-87cd-170acab25078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).