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Eminent domain; costs for petition for distribution of funds, interest rate.

Eminent domain; costs for petition for distribution of funds; interest rate; recordation of certificate. Provides that the costs of filing a petition with the court for the distribution of the funds due pursuant to an eminent domain proceeding shall be taxed against the condemnor. The bill also provides that the interest rate on the funds represented by a certificate of deposit from the date of filing of the certificate until the funds are paid into the court shall not be less than the judgment rate of interest. Finally, the bill reorganizes for clarity the provisions governing what happens upon recordation of a certificate by the Commissioner of Highways in a condemnation proceeding. The bill provides that its provisions apply only to condemnation actions filed on or after July 1, 2020.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 31

Virginia SB 31 (2020)

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enacted

J. Chapman Petersen

2019-11-18

2020-04-22

openstates

ocd-bill/2adeaf76-7a5b-42b3-925a-418b8e0fd29b

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB31

4cb8dd22a187107fcbf79aba1daa6e4afb2c066cd2b80fb035093ee92ccd167c

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

legislation

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us-va

Virginia SB 31 (2020) — Eminent domain; costs for petition for distribution of funds, interest rate.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1245) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB31ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB31E (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB31) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB31ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (94-Y 0-N) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2019-11-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100604D introduction
2019-11-18 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB31)
2020-01-16 Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law referral-committee
2020-01-29 Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-01-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-11 Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-11 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB31E
2020-02-11 Printed as engrossed 20100604D-E
2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-21 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB31E)
2020-02-27 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
2020-02-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-04 Passed by temporarily
2020-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
2020-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2020-03-07 Enrolled
2020-03-07 Signed by President
2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB31ER)
2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (94-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB31ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1245 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2adeaf76-7a5b-42b3-925a-418b8e0fd29b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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