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Bill Wrongful death beneficiaries; parents of decedent who receive support or services, etc. Adds parents who received support or services from the deceased for necessaries within 12 months prior to the decedent's death to the primary list of beneficiaries who may receive a distribution of wrongful death damages. The bill applies only to causes of action arising on or after July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 1767 Virginia HB 1767 (2019)
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Civil Remedies and Procedure
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Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones
6 23 7 2018-12-24 2019-02-19 openstates ocd-bill/3334a02f-58df-4413-8777-2b72bd6701ca http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1767 523f3d9913e3e301af54ed07103a7d3d43f74f4d2393a256641a91c085428a09 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia HB 1767 (2019) — Wrongful death beneficiaries; parents of decedent who receive support or services, etc.

Adds parents who received support or services from the deceased for necessaries within 12 months prior to the decedent's death to the primary list of beneficiaries who may receive a distribution of wrongful death damages. The bill applies only to causes of action arising on or after July 1, 2019. 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 (CHAP0047) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1767ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19104764D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101338D (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate amendment agreed to by House — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 100 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with amendment — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 180 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
  • Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
  • Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-12-24 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101338D introduction
  • 2018-12-24 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2019-01-10 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-23 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 19104764D-H1
  • 2019-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1767H1
  • 2019-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-01-28 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2019-02-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-04 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2019-02-04 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2019-02-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2019-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-02-06 Passed by for the day
  • 2019-02-07 Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2019-02-11 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-11 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-11 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
  • 2019-02-12 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
  • 2019-02-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3334a02f-58df-4413-8777-2b72bd6701ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).