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| Bill | Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs. | Directs the court to reimburse a plaintiff for the costs of an inverse condemnation proceeding for "damaging" property if a judgment is entered for the plaintiff. Under current law, the court is directed to award costs only for the "taking" of property. The amendment in this bill corresponds with the language of amendments to Article I, Section 11 of the Constitution of Virginia, which became effective on January 1, 2013, and applies to declaratory judgment proceedings filed on or after July 1, 2017. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | SB 1153 | Virginia SB 1153 (2017) |
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Virginia SB 1153 (2017) — Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs.
Directs the court to reimburse a plaintiff for the costs of an inverse condemnation proceeding for "damaging" property if a judgment is entered for the plaintiff. Under current law, the court is directed to award costs only for the "taking" of property. The amendment in this bill corresponds with the language of amendments to Article I, Section 11 of the Constitution of Virginia, which became effective on January 1, 2013, and applies to declaratory judgment proceedings filed on or after July 1, 2017.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1153ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100907D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)
- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100907D
introduction - 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
- 2017-02-08 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2017-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
referral-committee - 2017-02-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2017-03-07 Enrolled
- 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-03-10 Signed by President
- 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95c2b11b-d502-4772-b88e-0c27f8400097. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).