republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-678.md

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Bill	Person under a disability; parties unknown.	Person under a disability; parties unknown.Includes in the definition of "person under a disability" personsmade defendants by the general description of "parties unknown" insuits involving real property. This bill is a recommendation of theBoyd-Graves Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 678	Virginia HB 678 (2022)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	3	21	6	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/4a1d17f6-3d91-4752-b6d5-906a87b4ce55	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB678	f201fd32cc7216b08ff8617443fd18cb16b4d59fb1580426533dc1fd52508138	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 678 (2022) — Person under a disability; parties unknown.

Person under a disability; parties unknown.Includes in the definition of "person under a disability" personsmade defendants by the general description of "parties unknown" insuits involving real property. This bill is a recommendation of theBoyd-Graves Conference.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0299 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB678ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101578D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101578D 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 (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-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 (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-03 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-04 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Reported from Judiciary (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 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-23 Enrolled
• 2022-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-23 Signed by President
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
• 2022-03-09 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 299 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a1d17f6-3d91-4752-b6d5-906a87b4ce55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).