republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1646.md

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Bill	Form of garnishment summons; maximum portion of disposable earnings subject to garnishment.	Provides that the form of garnishment summons will state that an employee who makes the minimum wage or less for his week's earnings will ordinarily get to keep 40 times the minimum hourly wage when such earnings are subject to a garnishment, not 30 times as stated in Title 8.01, Civil Remedies and Procedures. The bill is intended to reflect the current statutory requirement for exemptions in Title 34, Homestead and Other Exemptions, and is technical in nature. The bill further directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to update the form of garnishment summons accordingly. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1646	Virginia HB 1646 (2017)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure	enacted	G. Manoli Loupassi	3	15	6	2017-01-04	2017-02-17	openstates	ocd-bill/6df3aa5e-f4a3-4fe2-98df-7c0d3ea4200b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1646	4f6e04f7ffcfccb8452d75aa7aa70c0703126d4994e8e34088786d039d69e37a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1646 (2017) — Form of garnishment summons; maximum portion of disposable earnings subject to garnishment.

Provides that the form of garnishment summons will state that an employee who makes the minimum wage or less for his week's earnings will ordinarily get to keep 40 times the minimum hourly wage when such earnings are subject to a garnishment, not 30 times as stated in Title 8.01, Civil Remedies and Procedures. The bill is intended to reflect the current statutory requirement for exemptions in Title 34, Homestead and Other Exemptions, and is technical in nature. The bill further directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to update the form of garnishment summons accordingly. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1646ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101569D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• G. Manoli Loupassi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101569D introduction
• 2017-01-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Enrolled
• 2017-02-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
• 2017-02-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
• 2017-02-17 Approved by Governor-Chapter 36 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6df3aa5e-f4a3-4fe2-98df-7c0d3ea4200b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).