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Bill	Judgments; limitations on enforcement, judgment liens, settlement agents, effective date.	Limitations on enforcement of judgments; judgment liens; settlement agents. Reduces from 20 years to 10 years from the date of a judgment the period of time within which an execution may be issued or action may be taken on such judgment.  The bill provides that the limitation of the enforcement of a judgment may be extended by a recordation of a certificate prior to the expiration period in the clerk's office in which a judgment lien is recorded. The bill provides that such recordation shall extend the limitations period for 10 years from the date of such recordation. Under current law, such limitation period may be extended on motion of the judgment creditor or his assignee. The bill allows a settlement agent or title insurance company to release a judgment lien, in addition to a deed of trust as provided under current law, provided that the obligation secured by such judgment lien has been satisfied by payment made by the settlement agent and whether or not the settlement agent or title insurance company is named as a trustee under such lien or received authority to release such lien. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2099	Virginia HB 2099 (2021)	bill		enacted	Carrie E. Coyner	6	45	9	2021-01-12	2021-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/9951750d-5eef-40d1-ac0b-b1829740b62c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2099	a83e16bcafb0b8d4e460ae5e946481e90c6bd38c0863611dca0f779269ae6d13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2099 (2021) — Judgments; limitations on enforcement, judgment liens, settlement agents, effective date.

Limitations on enforcement of judgments; judgment liens; settlement agents. Reduces from 20 years to 10 years from the date of a judgment the period of time within which an execution may be issued or action may be taken on such judgment.  The bill provides that the limitation of the enforcement of a judgment may be extended by a recordation of a certificate prior to the expiration period in the clerk's office in which a judgment lien is recorded. The bill provides that such recordation shall extend the limitations period for 10 years from the date of such recordation. Under current law, such limitation period may be extended on motion of the judgment creditor or his assignee. The bill allows a settlement agent or title insurance company to release a judgment lien, in addition to a deed of trust as provided under current law, provided that the obligation secured by such judgment lien has been satisfied by payment made by the settlement agent and whether or not the settlement agent or title insurance company is named as a trustee under such lien or received authority to release such lien. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0486 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103259D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 21200278D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor substitute printed 21103614D-H2 (Coyner) (committee substitute) — source
5. HB2099ER (committee substitute) — source
6. HB2099H3 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102732D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2021-01-20 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-22 Committee substitute printed 21103259D-H1 substitution
• 2021-01-25 Floor substitute printed 21103614D-H2 (Coyner)
• 2021-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-26 Floor substitute printed 21103747D-H3 (Coyner)
• 2021-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-26 Committee substitute rejected 21103259D-H1
• 2021-01-26 Substitute by Delegate Coyner agreed to 21103747D-H3
• 2021-01-26 Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2099H3
• 2021-01-27 Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-27 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB2099H3)
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-12 Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2021-02-17 Committee substitute printed 21200278D-S1 substitution
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-17 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB2099S1)
• 2021-02-22 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-22 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-25 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-25 Committee substitute agreed to 21200278D-S1
• 2021-02-25 Reading of amendment waived
• 2021-02-25 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-25 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2099S1
• 2021-02-25 Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (27-Y 12-N) passage
• 2021-02-25 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-25 Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 21200278D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-25 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB2099ER)
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 486 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9951750d-5eef-40d1-ac0b-b1829740b62c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).