republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-409.md

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Bill	Statute of limitations; promises not to plead.	Promises not to plead the statute of limitations. Specifies that a written promise not to plead the statute of limitations is valid only when such written promise is made to avoid or defer litigation pending settlement of any cause of action that has accrued in favor of the promisee against the promisor. The bill further replaces the current requirement of validity that such promise not be made contemporaneously with any other contract with the requirement that the written promise be signed by the promisor or his agent. Finally, the bill specifies that the promisee must commence an action asserting such cause of action within the earlier of the applicable limitations period running from the date the written promise is made or any shorter time provided for in the written promise for such promise to be valid; current law requires that any such written promise may be made for an additional term not longer than the applicable limitations period in order to be valid. The bill provides that its provisions apply only to written promises not to plead the statute of limitations made on or after July 1, 2022. The bill as introduced was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 409	Virginia HB 409 (2022)	bill		enacted	Jason S. Ballard	3	26	7	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a636cc99-dba3-4c87-b09b-92f199b348f3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB409	d900aca2d12c27f29fbfa3bb0286fcee62f711b72bd408fe571760d11566753c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 409 (2022) — Statute of limitations; promises not to plead.

Promises not to plead the statute of limitations. Specifies that a written promise not to plead the statute of limitations is valid only when such written promise is made to avoid or defer litigation pending settlement of any cause of action that has accrued in favor of the promisee against the promisor. The bill further replaces the current requirement of validity that such promise not be made contemporaneously with any other contract with the requirement that the written promise be signed by the promisor or his agent. Finally, the bill specifies that the promisee must commence an action asserting such cause of action within the earlier of the applicable limitations period running from the date the written promise is made or any shorter time provided for in the written promise for such promise to be valid; current law requires that any such written promise may be made for an additional term not longer than the applicable limitations period in order to be valid. The bill provides that its provisions apply only to written promises not to plead the statute of limitations made on or after July 1, 2022. The bill as introduced was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0477 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB409ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101575D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N) — 93–6 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 3-N) — 15–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
• Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101575D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-01-21 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 2022-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-03 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 6-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-03 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N)
• 2022-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-04 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Reported from Judiciary with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-21 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-02-21 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-02-21 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2022-02-21 Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-23 Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-23 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-25 Enrolled
• 2022-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-25 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 477 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a636cc99-dba3-4c87-b09b-92f199b348f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).