republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1333.md

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Bill	Garnishment; form of summons, maximum portion of disposable earnings subject to garnishment.	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	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1333	Virginia SB 1333 (2017)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure	enacted	Ryan T. McDougle	3	15	5	2017-01-10	2017-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/f485445d-e2a4-423c-82b6-87e6532c6a98	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1333	2d2971bef0692da5e04e8e21180d27e4938558204f6a7916d12fcea1beaad0dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1333 (2017) — Garnishment; form of summons, maximum portion of disposable earnings subject to garnishment.

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

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0143) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1333ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101568D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
• L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101568D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 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
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 143 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f485445d-e2a4-423c-82b6-87e6532c6a98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).