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type: "Bill"
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title: "Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 1153"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1153 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Eminent Domain"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen", "Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95c2b11b-d502-4772-b88e-0c27f8400097"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1153"
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source_hash: "787b112a3bd7ec4a6d1f84b59e7968258463a407d83da1ecf04842d3f02f2e76"
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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 SB 1153 (2017) — Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0735)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0735)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1153ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1153ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100907D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1153)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100907D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (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/95c2b11b-d502-4772-b88e-0c27f8400097`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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