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Bill Negotiable instruments; statute of limitations. Provides that the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code establishing a six-year limitations period on actions to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument apply to negotiable and non-negotiable certificates of deposit. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 1217 Virginia SB 1217 (2017)
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Virginia SB 1217 (2017) — Negotiable instruments; statute of limitations.

Provides that the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code establishing a six-year limitations period on actions to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument apply to negotiable and non-negotiable certificates of deposit. 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 (CHAP0083) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1217ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101945D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Commerce and Labor — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Rereferred from Courts of Justice — 110 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 210 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101945D introduction
  • 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-16 Rereferred to Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2017-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-02-14 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-14 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-15 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
  • 2017-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
  • 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 83 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6996309-325f-40da-b8da-0a5e5e20af9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).