republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-651.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recoupment; actions that qualify."
description: "Recoupment. Specifies what actions qualify for statutory recoupment to include all defenses arising out of the transaction, whether such defenses are in law or equity. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 651"
citation: "Virginia HB 651 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcd859d3-e63e-4caf-b36b-244b913b94da"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB651"
source_hash: "88845aada5b4baea5d4ab6c3ded09bb3775247df68963bceb578b6049e70e92a"
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 651 (2020) — Recoupment; actions that qualify.

Recoupment. Specifies what actions qualify for statutory recoupment to include all defenses arising out of the transaction, whether such defenses are in law or equity. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1211)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1211)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB651ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB651)
3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB651ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB651ER)
4. **Reenrolled bill text (HB651ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB651ER2)

## Votes

- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102373D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-02-19** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-04-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-04-22** Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (HB651ER2)
- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1211 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcd859d3-e63e-4caf-b36b-244b913b94da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).