---
type: "Bill"
title: "Closure of the U.S. government; civil relief for furloughed employees and contractors."
description: "Military and emergency laws; closure of United States government; civil relief for furloughed employees and contractors; emergency. Extends from 30 days to 60 days the stay of a foreclosure proceeding on any mortgage or the execution of or sale under any deed of trust for any (i) homeowner who defaults on a note that is secured by a one-family to four-family residential property or (ii) owner who rents a one-family to four-family residential dwelling unit who defaults on a note that is secured by such property after the commencement of a closure of the United States government. The bill also removes from the definition of \"closure of the United States government\" the requirement that such closure be for a period of 14 consecutive days or longer. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1430"
citation: "Virginia SB 1430 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron R. Rouse"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 41
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04f62d79-3ebb-4328-89bf-e823da984516"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1430"
source_hash: "d9a381d30118ea342b82f4e5bc8eb8788f09b835527a954a421a6c6103c45fc7"
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 1430 (2025) — Closure of the U.S. government; civil relief for furloughed employees and contractors.

Military and emergency laws; closure of United States government; civil relief for furloughed employees and contractors; emergency. Extends from 30 days to 60 days the stay of a foreclosure proceeding on any mortgage or the execution of or sale under any deed of trust for any (i) homeowner who defaults on a note that is secured by a one-family to four-family residential property or (ii) owner who rents a one-family to four-family residential dwelling unit who defaults on a note that is secured by such property after the commencement of a closure of the United States government. The bill also removes from the definition of "closure of the United States government" the requirement that such closure be for a period of 14 consecutive days or longer. The bill contains an emergency clause.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023050.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077418.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1041644.PDF)
4. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051679.HTML)
5. **General Laws Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051520.HTML)
6. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033960.PDF)
7. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034777.PDF)
8. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1058367.HTML)
9. **Senator Rouse Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1040781.HTML)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066447.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House with amendments (82-Y 14-N) — **82–14** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 25104359D `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106309D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-03** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate
- **2025-02-04** Reading of amendment waived
- **2025-02-04** Senator Rouse Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Printed as engrossed 25106309D-ES1
- **2025-02-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
- **2025-02-13** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** General Laws Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-18** Passed House with amendments (82-Y 14-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Emergency clause added
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1430ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 520 (Effective 03/24/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04f62d79-3ebb-4328-89bf-e823da984516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).