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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contractors, general; waiver or diminishment of lien rights, subordination of lien rights."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 319"
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citation: "Virginia SB 319 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frank M. Ruff, Jr."]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-08"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26ac5429-9089-4be2-af18-2963d4f58f74"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB319"
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source_hash: "0c2c894c53d26997bbea8c60b22f78f3a7222150af17defb0bb1e6689eadab1d"
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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 319 (2018) — Contractors, general; waiver or diminishment of lien rights, subordination of lien rights.
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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
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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. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB319ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB319ER)
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2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103061D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB319)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103061D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-23** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-23** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 79 (effective 7/1/18) `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/26ac5429-9089-4be2-af18-2963d4f58f74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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