republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1248.md

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Bill	Debtor interrogatories; fieri facias, against whom a summons shall be issued.	Debtor interrogatories; fieri facias; against whom a summons shall be issued. Requires the clerk of the court from which a fieri facias is issued to issue a summons against any person known or reasonably suspected to be a debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor in order to ascertain the personal estate of a judgment debtor provided the judgment creditor or his attorney files an affidavit stating as such. Under current law, such clerk of the court shall issue a summons against any debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1248	Virginia HB 1248 (2024)	bill		enacted	Wren M. Williams	5	34	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d9a72766-7ed8-406d-87cd-170acab25078	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1248	c7a39d40969cf8f980e0b51107247b2e377f2c1b18bb4516a09eb11cdf13c258	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1248 (2024) — Debtor interrogatories; fieri facias, against whom a summons shall be issued.

Debtor interrogatories; fieri facias; against whom a summons shall be issued. Requires the clerk of the court from which a fieri facias is issued to issue a summons against any person known or reasonably suspected to be a debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor in order to ascertain the personal estate of a judgment debtor provided the judgment creditor or his attorney files an affidavit stating as such. Under current law, such clerk of the court shall issue a summons against any debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor. As introduced, this bill 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. CHAP0744 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107395D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108350D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1248ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102430D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 16-N) — 21–16 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 9-N) — 84–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wren M. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102430D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 2024-02-09 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute printed 24107395D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107395D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1248H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24108350D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24108350D-1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1248S1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 16-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108350D-S1 (85-Y 9-N) substitution
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 9-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1248ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 744 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9a72766-7ed8-406d-87cd-170acab25078. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).