republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-73.md

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Bill	Unlawful detainer; expungement of action, entering of an order without further petition or hearing.	Unlawful detainer; expungement; entering of an order without further petition or hearing. Provides that in unlawful detainer actions filed in the general district court, if the 30-day period following the dismissal of such an action has passed or if a voluntary nonsuit is taken and the six-month period following such nonsuit has passed, the court shall, without further petition or hearing, enter an order requiring the expungement of such action, provided that no order of possession has been entered. The bill provides that if a judgment is entered in favor of the defendant, such defendant may petition the court for an expungement pursuant to the petition process under current law. Additionally, the bill retains the petition process existing under current law for unlawful detainer actions commenced prior to July 1, 2024, for which the court still has records.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 73	Virginia HB 73 (2024)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	4	39	8	2023-12-23	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/cadfafb6-e01f-44b8-b2f1-a2473d6e825a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB73	56576b8cc52207f9697667f571365107b13c35a2bf7e60b7e56604615b091f93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 73 (2024) — Unlawful detainer; expungement of action, entering of an order without further petition or hearing.

Unlawful detainer; expungement; entering of an order without further petition or hearing. Provides that in unlawful detainer actions filed in the general district court, if the 30-day period following the dismissal of such an action has passed or if a voluntary nonsuit is taken and the six-month period following such nonsuit has passed, the court shall, without further petition or hearing, enter an order requiring the expungement of such action, provided that no order of possession has been entered. The bill provides that if a judgment is entered in favor of the defendant, such defendant may petition the court for an expungement pursuant to the petition process under current law. Additionally, the bill retains the petition process existing under current law for unlawful detainer actions commenced prior to July 1, 2024, for which the court still has records.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0372 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105567D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB73ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101077D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 1-N) — 12–1 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-23 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101077D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-23 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-19 Committee substitute printed 24105567D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 24105567D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB73H1 substitution
• 2024-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB73H1)
• 2024-02-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB73ER) 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
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 372 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0372)
• 2024-04-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB73ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cadfafb6-e01f-44b8-b2f1-a2473d6e825a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).