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type: "Bill"
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title: "Form of garnishment summons; maximum portion of disposable earnings subject to garnishment."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1646"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1646 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["G. Manoli Loupassi"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-04"
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last_action: "2017-02-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df3aa5e-f4a3-4fe2-98df-7c0d3ea4200b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1646"
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source_hash: "4f6e04f7ffcfccb8452d75aa7aa70c0703126d4994e8e34088786d039d69e37a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1646 (2017) — Form of garnishment summons; maximum portion of disposable earnings subject to garnishment.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0036)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1646ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1646ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101569D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1646)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- G. Manoli Loupassi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101569D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
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- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
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- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 36 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6df3aa5e-f4a3-4fe2-98df-7c0d3ea4200b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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