Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

5.8 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; established, report. Establishes the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program (the Program), consisting of specialized dockets within the existing structure of the general district courts for the cities of Danville, Hampton, Petersburg, and Richmond. The Program is established as a pilot program that has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020, and that expires on July 1, 2023. The purpose of the Program is to reduce the number of evictions of low-income persons. Parties to an unlawful detainer action in participating jurisdictions will be directed to participate in the Pilot Program upon certain findings by the court. The Virginia Housing Commission (the Commission) shall request data from the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia for the evaluation of the Program's effectiveness and potential benefits and costs. The bill tasks the Commission with making recommendations for legislative action to the General Assembly, the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Finance, General Laws and Technology, and Courts of Justice, and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations, Finance, General Laws, and Courts of Justice prior to the 2023 Session. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2655 Virginia HB 2655 (2019)
bill
enacted
Christopher E. Collins
4 16 5 2019-01-11 2019-03-12 openstates ocd-bill/2d6dc60a-aee5-4f56-be7d-43618e512d80 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2655 15708941296968f74ef1540af940b95d5602bcecc8a2b1b8dbbad1f9fd1c9a8a 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-va

Virginia HB 2655 (2019) — Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; established, report.

Establishes the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program (the Program), consisting of specialized dockets within the existing structure of the general district courts for the cities of Danville, Hampton, Petersburg, and Richmond. The Program is established as a pilot program that has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020, and that expires on July 1, 2023. The purpose of the Program is to reduce the number of evictions of low-income persons. Parties to an unlawful detainer action in participating jurisdictions will be directed to participate in the Pilot Program upon certain findings by the court. The Virginia Housing Commission (the Commission) shall request data from the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia for the evaluation of the Program's effectiveness and potential benefits and costs. The bill tasks the Commission with making recommendations for legislative action to the General Assembly, the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Finance, General Laws and Technology, and Courts of Justice, and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations, Finance, General Laws, and Courts of Justice prior to the 2023 Session. 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 (CHAP0355) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2655ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Committee substitute printed 19106239D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Presented and ordered printed 19104077D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 19104077D introduction
  • 2019-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19106239D-H1
  • 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2655H1
  • 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 on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 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
  • 2019-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 355 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d6dc60a-aee5-4f56-be7d-43618e512d80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).