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Bill Finding of guilt in absentia; proof of such finding in a civil action. Finding of guilt in absentia; proof of such finding in a civil action. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2023 HB 1440 Virginia HB 1440 (2023)
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Virginia HB 1440 (2023) — Finding of guilt in absentia; proof of such finding in a civil action.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0278 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1440ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101592D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 00 (fail) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · upper
  • Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) — 00 (fail) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ballard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-12-20 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101592D filing, introduction
  • 2022-12-20 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2023-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2023-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2023-01-23 Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2023-01-25 Read first time reading-1
  • 2023-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-01-27 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2023-01-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2023-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2023-01-30 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2023-02-08 Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2023-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2023-02-13 Read third time reading-3
  • 2023-02-13 Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) passage
  • 2023-02-15 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-02-15 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1440ER) passage
  • 2023-02-15 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2023-02-16 Signed by President passage
  • 2023-02-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2023-02-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 executive-receipt
  • 2023-03-22 Approved by Governor-Chapter 278 (effective 7/1/23) executive-signature
  • 2023-03-22 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0278)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dbb87ff-a0a6-4434-8267-723563af96bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).