republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-319.md

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Bill	Contractors, general; waiver or diminishment of lien rights, subordination of lien rights.	Provides that a general contractor may not waive or diminish his lien rights in a contract in advance of furnishing any labor, services, or materials. The bill further provides that, notwithstanding the prohibition against waiving or diminishing such a lien right, a general contractor may, prior to or after providing any labor, services, or materials, contract to subordinate his lien rights to prior and later recorded deeds of trust, provided that such contract is (i) in writing and (ii) signed by any general contractor whose lien rights are being subordinated pursuant to such contract. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 319	Virginia SB 319 (2018)	bill		enacted	Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	2	15	5	2018-01-08	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/26ac5429-9089-4be2-af18-2963d4f58f74	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB319	0c2c894c53d26997bbea8c60b22f78f3a7222150af17defb0bb1e6689eadab1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 319 (2018) — Contractors, general; waiver or diminishment of lien rights, subordination of lien rights.

Provides that a general contractor may not waive or diminish his lien rights in a contract in advance of furnishing any labor, services, or materials. The bill further provides that, notwithstanding the prohibition against waiving or diminishing such a lien right, a general contractor may, prior to or after providing any labor, services, or materials, contract to subordinate his lien rights to prior and later recorded deeds of trust, provided that such contract is (i) in writing and (ii) signed by any general contractor whose lien rights are being subordinated pursuant to such contract. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB319ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103061D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 17–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103061D introduction
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-01-18 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-23 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-23 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 79 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26ac5429-9089-4be2-af18-2963d4f58f74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).