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| Bill | Jurisdiction of claim; plaintiff's motion to amend claim amount, certified copy of transfer order. | Provides that, where a matter is pending in either the general district court or the circuit court, upon motion of the plaintiff seeking to amend the amount of the claim, the court shall order transfer of the matter to the court having jurisdiction over the claim without requiring a dismissal of the claim or a nonsuit. The bill further provides that, where such an amended claim provides the general district court and the circuit court with concurrent jurisdiction over such a claim, the court shall transfer the matter to either the general district court or the circuit court, as directed by the plaintiff, provided that such court otherwise has jurisdiction over the matter. The bill further provides that, except for good cause shown, no such order of transfer shall issue unless the motion to amend and transfer is made at least 10 days before trial. The bill further provides that the plaintiff shall pay filing and other fees to the clerk of the court to which the case is transferred, prepare and present the order of transfer to the transferring court for entry, and provide a certified copy of the transfer order to the receiving court. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2019 | HB 2289 | Virginia HB 2289 (2019) |
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Virginia HB 2289 (2019) — Jurisdiction of claim; plaintiff's motion to amend claim amount, certified copy of transfer order.
Provides that, where a matter is pending in either the general district court or the circuit court, upon motion of the plaintiff seeking to amend the amount of the claim, the court shall order transfer of the matter to the court having jurisdiction over the claim without requiring a dismissal of the claim or a nonsuit. The bill further provides that, where such an amended claim provides the general district court and the circuit court with concurrent jurisdiction over such a claim, the court shall transfer the matter to either the general district court or the circuit court, as directed by the plaintiff, provided that such court otherwise has jurisdiction over the matter. The bill further provides that, except for good cause shown, no such order of transfer shall issue unless the motion to amend and transfer is made at least 10 days before trial. The bill further provides that the plaintiff shall pay filing and other fees to the clerk of the court to which the case is transferred, prepare and present the order of transfer to the transferring court for entry, and provide a certified copy of the transfer order to the receiving court.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2289ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101784D (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Floor substitute printed 19106908D-S1 (Obenshain) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106908D-S1 — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101784D
introduction - 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2019-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2019-01-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2019-01-24 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 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 - 2019-02-13 Passed by for the day
- 2019-02-14 Read third time
reading-3 - 2019-02-14 Floor substitute printed 19106908D-S1 (Obenshain)
- 2019-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
- 2019-02-14 Substitute by Senator Obenshain agreed to 19106908D-S1
- 2019-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB2289S1
- 2019-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2019-02-18 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106908D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 2019-02-21 Enrolled
- 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
- 2019-02-21 Signed by President
- 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 2019-03-22 Approved by Governor-Chapter 787 (effective 7/1/19)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20926474-9fd9-442e-b806-2e66c06da8cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).