republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1249.md

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Bill	Nonresident plaintiff; security costs upon suit.	Security for costs; suit or action by nonresident.Provides that in any suit or action taken by a plaintiff, includinga counterclaim plaintiff, cross-claim plaintiff, or third-party plaintiff,a motion may be made by a party to such suit or action that suchplaintiff is a nonresident and security is required. As under currentlaw, a court may dismiss such suit or action after 60 days from thecourt's order unless before the dismissal it is proven that suchplaintiff is a resident of the Commonwealth or that the security setby the court has been posted. This bill is a recommendation of theBoyd-Graves Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1249	Virginia HB 1249 (2024)	bill		enacted	Wren M. Williams	4	27	6	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/7aa4ccd5-5d55-4c64-bc7f-ab1a3c0a7113	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1249	89a35bded01abf75c34164357968eb9e47bd856fe46efce0a9ac23d10969b2a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1249 (2024) — Nonresident plaintiff; security costs upon suit.

Security for costs; suit or action by nonresident.Provides that in any suit or action taken by a plaintiff, includinga counterclaim plaintiff, cross-claim plaintiff, or third-party plaintiff,a motion may be made by a party to such suit or action that suchplaintiff is a nonresident and security is required. As under currentlaw, a court may dismiss such suit or action after 60 days from thecourt's order unless before the dismissal it is proven that suchplaintiff is a resident of the Commonwealth or that the security setby the court has been posted. 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. CHAP0745 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106004D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1249ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102433D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (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 24102433D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24106004D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24106004D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1249H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1249ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 745 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7aa4ccd5-5d55-4c64-bc7f-ab1a3c0a7113. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).