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type: "Bill"
title: "Eminent domain; notice of intent to file certificate."
description: "Eminent domain; notice of intent to file certificate. Provides that the notice required to be sent to a landowner priorto an authorized condemnor recording a certificate of take or certificateof deposit shall state that (i) the certificate of take or certificateof deposit will be recorded between 30 and 45 days from the dateof the notice and (ii) that the property will transfer to the condemnorupon recordation and that the owner has the right to petition thecourt for distribution of the funds represented in the certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1270"
citation: "Virginia SB 1270 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Cosgrove, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c875aead-229d-4edf-89fa-1c86cb23dee4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1270"
source_hash: "99f429e5d6fb560e797bd007f8b58aa97b8831ab76569a8c47aa3c62005ed41c"
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 SB 1270 (2021) — Eminent domain; notice of intent to file certificate.
Eminent domain; notice of intent to file certificate. Provides that the notice required to be sent to a landowner priorto an authorized condemnor recording a certificate of take or certificateof deposit shall state that (i) the certificate of take or certificateof deposit will be recorded between 30 and 45 days from the dateof the notice and (ii) that the property will transfer to the condemnorupon recordation and that the owner has the right to petition thecourt for distribution of the funds represented in the certificate.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0278** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0278)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101493D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1270)
3. **SB1270ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1270ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **00** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101493D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1270)
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- **2021-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1270ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** 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
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 278 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c875aead-229d-4edf-89fa-1c86cb23dee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).