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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.
- CHAP0278 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1440ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101592D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (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).