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Bill Wrongful death; beneficiaries. Wrongful death beneficiaries. Provides thatan award in a wrongful death action, where there is no survivingspouse of the decedent, children of the decedent, or children ofa deceased child of the decedent, shall be distributed to the parents,brothers and sisters of the decedent, and any other family memberwho is primarily dependent on the decedent and the same member ofthe decedent's household. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 2190 Virginia HB 2190 (2021)
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Virginia HB 2190 (2021) — Wrongful death; beneficiaries.

Wrongful death beneficiaries. Provides thatan award in a wrongful death action, where there is no survivingspouse of the decedent, children of the decedent, or children ofa deceased child of the decedent, shall be distributed to the parents,brothers and sisters of the decedent, and any other family memberwho is primarily dependent on the decedent and the same member ofthe decedent's household.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0488 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 21104456D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB2190ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100833D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100833D introduction
  • 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2021-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
  • 2021-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-28 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 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
  • 2021-02-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-17 Committee substitute printed 21104456D-S1 substitution
  • 2021-02-17 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-22 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 21104456D-S1
  • 2021-02-22 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2190S1
  • 2021-02-22 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-23 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-23 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21104456D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-23 VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-25 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-25 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
  • 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 488 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebde2297-ab29-4492-bcb7-85e33fb54682. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).