republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1811.md

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Bill	Unlawful detainer; initial hearings on a summons, etc.	Provides that, at the initial hearing on a summons for unlawful detainer, upon request of the plaintiff, the court shall bifurcate the unlawful detainer case and set a continuance date no later than 120 days from the date of the initial hearing to determine final rent and damages. The bill requires the court, on such continuance date, to permit amendment of the amount requested on a summons for unlawful detainer in accordance with the notice of hearing, evidence presented to the court, and the amounts contracted for in the rental agreement. The bill further clarifies types of judgments for which a writ of possession may be immediately executed but specifies that an eviction pursuant to such a writ shall not be executed (i) until the expiration of a tenant's 10-day appeal period or (ii) if a tenant perfects an appeal. The bill removes certain requirements for a written notice of satisfaction of judgment rendered in a court not of record.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1811	Virginia HB 1811 (2017)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure Courts Not of Record Criminal Procedure	enacted	G. Manoli Loupassi	4	17	8	2017-01-09	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/229cd9a1-57e8-4bc4-8682-4905b3a84bab	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1811	4c00012aed1eb277c30156f82bf33d639244ccb514c5365e265599edc4a80265	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1811 (2017) — Unlawful detainer; initial hearings on a summons, etc.

Provides that, at the initial hearing on a summons for unlawful detainer, upon request of the plaintiff, the court shall bifurcate the unlawful detainer case and set a continuance date no later than 120 days from the date of the initial hearing to determine final rent and damages. The bill requires the court, on such continuance date, to permit amendment of the amount requested on a summons for unlawful detainer in accordance with the notice of hearing, evidence presented to the court, and the amounts contracted for in the rental agreement. The bill further clarifies types of judgments for which a writ of possession may be immediately executed but specifies that an eviction pursuant to such a writ shall not be executed (i) until the expiration of a tenant's 10-day appeal period or (ii) if a tenant perfects an appeal. The bill removes certain requirements for a written notice of satisfaction of judgment rendered in a court not of record.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1811ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104719D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103708D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• G. Manoli Loupassi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103708D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 17104719D-H1
• 2017-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1811H1
• 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 481 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/229cd9a1-57e8-4bc4-8682-4905b3a84bab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).