republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-140.md

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Bill	Adoption; award of damages, death by wrongful act.	Adoption; award of damages; death by wrongful act. Provides that, in a case for death by wrongful act, the child of a decedent who has been adopted after the death of such decedent shall be included in the class of beneficiaries entitled to an award of damages resulting from such case, provided that a court had not previously terminated the parental rights of such decedent. This bill is identical to SB 209.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 140	Virginia HB 140 (2024)	bill		enacted	David A. Reid	4	28	7	2024-01-02	2024-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/8961f84f-fbb0-49d7-b033-7cafc15203ae	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB140	a3e809acfef3c5f139f778a65107d63827d72604ceeef3704db4b39e52a8f710	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 140 (2024) — Adoption; award of damages, death by wrongful act.

Adoption; award of damages; death by wrongful act. Provides that, in a case for death by wrongful act, the child of a decedent who has been adopted after the death of such decedent shall be included in the class of beneficiaries entitled to an award of damages resulting from such case, provided that a court had not previously terminated the parental rights of such decedent. This bill is identical to SB 209.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0069 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB140ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100045D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24100045D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David A. Reid — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100045D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB140E
• 2024-02-06 Printed as engrossed 24100045D-E
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB140ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 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
• 2024-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 69 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-14 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0069)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8961f84f-fbb0-49d7-b033-7cafc15203ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).