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type: "Bill"
title: "Mechanic's liens; forms."
description: "Makes consistent the mechanic's lien statute and the statutory mechanic's lien forms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2409"
citation: "Virginia HB 2409 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mechanics' and Certain Other Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32ec53f9-b65e-4628-8747-1097ecd1eee9"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2409"
source_hash: "0d4c6252e6a78b2a6b8f0ae01296c93f4b9fa450835cd1431be9f89c6723f4c2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2409 (2019) — Mechanic's liens; forms.
Makes consistent the mechanic's lien statute and the statutory mechanic's lien forms.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0243)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2409AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2409)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2409ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2409ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103997D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2409)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103997D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2409E)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **180** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **60** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Les R. Adams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103997D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2409E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19103997D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** 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`
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 243 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32ec53f9-b65e-4628-8747-1097ecd1eee9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).