republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-790.md

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Bill	Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions.	Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions. Makes various changes to homestead exemptions, including providing that the official schedule of property claimed exempt filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court in a bankruptcy proceeding constitutes a sufficient writing to exempt such real and personal property from creditor process. The bill also provides that a householder may hold exempt from creditor process real or personal property that the householder or his dependent uses as a principal residence not exceeding $25,000 in value. The bill requires that the dollar amounts of the homestead exemption shall be adjusted triennially based on the United States Average Consumer Price Index.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 790	Virginia HB 790 (2020)	bill		enacted	Marcus B. Simon	5	34	9	2020-01-07	2020-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/6d8db994-5b06-4f08-9e05-29016b3ffe9c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB790	9ffa52874fd1769441f0e6ed4e61f735f8cf8ea091e21bb5806baa3837be7e82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 790 (2020) — Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions.

Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions. Makes various changes to homestead exemptions, including providing that the official schedule of property claimed exempt filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court in a bankruptcy proceeding constitutes a sufficient writing to exempt such real and personal property from creditor process. The bill also provides that a householder may hold exempt from creditor process real or personal property that the householder or his dependent uses as a principal residence not exceeding $25,000 in value. The bill requires that the dollar amounts of the homestead exemption shall be adjusted triennially based on the United States Average Consumer Price Index.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB790ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB790H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB790H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB790S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104136D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-31 Committee substitute printed 20106775D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20106775D-H1
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB790H1
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-17 Committee substitute printed 20108364D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 20108364D-S1
• 2020-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB790S1
• 2020-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (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 substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108364D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 VOTE: Adoption (96-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 Approved by Governor-Chapter 328 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d8db994-5b06-4f08-9e05-29016b3ffe9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).