republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-209.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 HB 140.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 209	Virginia SB 209 (2024)	bill		enacted	Russet Perry	3	27	7	2024-01-08	2024-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/1efa8d73-ed3c-4ab4-9f43-d597ca096907	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB209	1bdabff7801937bee050fcee36d042251fbb1d4164f5885ff2ae1612630d1f8e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 209 (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 HB 140.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0070 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100004D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB209ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Russet Perry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100004D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-21 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2024-02-21 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB209ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 70 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-14 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1efa8d73-ed3c-4ab4-9f43-d597ca096907. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).