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Bill	Eminent domain; payment of judgment, attorney fees.	Eminent domain; payment of judgment; attorney fees. Provides for attorney fees to be awarded in eminent domain cases in which there is a judgment for a property owner if such judgment is not paid within the time required by law.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 9	Virginia SB 9 (2022)	bill		enacted	J. Chapman Petersen	5	41	10	2021-12-06	2022-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/ecbf95fd-6a3a-4c57-abde-97aa0e4720e4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB9	68866d3e5496b74fe9c846e3225f406d75d24f10315c8dba8c2b501eb27af3a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 9 (2022) — Eminent domain; payment of judgment, attorney fees.

Eminent domain; payment of judgment; attorney fees. Provides for attorney fees to be awarded in eminent domain cases in which there is a judgment for a property owner if such judgment is not paid within the time required by law.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0702 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102162D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 22102162D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB9ER (committee substitute) — source
5. SB9ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102162D introduction
• 2021-12-06 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-01-17 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-17 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-01-28 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-01-28 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-01-28 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB9E
• 2022-01-28 Printed as engrossed 22102162D-E
• 2022-01-31 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-03-01 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2022-03-01 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (SB9ER2)
• 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 702 (effective 7/1/22) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ecbf95fd-6a3a-4c57-abde-97aa0e4720e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).