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type: "Bill"
title: "Summons for unlawful detainer; specifies a process by which a plaintiff may amend amount due to him."
description: "Summons for unlawful detainer; hearing date; amendments to amount due; subsequent filings. Specifies a process by which a plaintiff, plaintiff's attorney, or agent in an unlawful detainer action may amend the amount due to him in an unlawful detainer action. The bill further provides that if such an amendment is permitted the plaintiff shall not subsequently file additional warrants in debt against the defendant for additional amounts if those amounts could have been included in such amended amount. The bill provides that if the plaintiff requests all amounts due and owing as of the date of the hearing or if the court grants an amendment of the amounts requested, the plaintiff shall not subsequently file additional unlawful detainers or warrants in debt against the defendant for such additional amounts if those amounts could have been included in the amended amount."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 86"
citation: "Virginia HB 86 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-28"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14088c04-fd94-4495-ac2d-c0e1c3cefd02"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB86"
source_hash: "0ef59eb74d7f204c81bbbecbaee53a6800f1a7e01694e020cf98779b47e933ff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 86 (2024) — Summons for unlawful detainer; specifies a process by which a plaintiff may amend amount due to him.
Summons for unlawful detainer; hearing date; amendments to amount due; subsequent filings. Specifies a process by which a plaintiff, plaintiff's attorney, or agent in an unlawful detainer action may amend the amount due to him in an unlawful detainer action. The bill further provides that if such an amendment is permitted the plaintiff shall not subsequently file additional warrants in debt against the defendant for additional amounts if those amounts could have been included in such amended amount. The bill provides that if the plaintiff requests all amounts due and owing as of the date of the hearing or if the court grants an amendment of the amounts requested, the plaintiff shall not subsequently file additional unlawful detainers or warrants in debt against the defendant for such additional amounts if those amounts could have been included in the amended amount.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0268** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0268)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105988D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB86H1)
3. **HB86ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB86ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101072D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB86)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101072D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-23** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Committee substitute printed 24105988D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 24105988D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB86H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-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 (HB86ER) `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`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 268 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0268)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14088c04-fd94-4495-ac2d-c0e1c3cefd02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).