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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adoption; award of damages, death by wrongful act."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 209"
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citation: "Virginia SB 209 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Russet Perry"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1efa8d73-ed3c-4ab4-9f43-d597ca096907"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB209"
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source_hash: "1bdabff7801937bee050fcee36d042251fbb1d4164f5885ff2ae1612630d1f8e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 209 (2024) — Adoption; award of damages, death by wrongful act.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0070** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0070)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100004D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB209)
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3. **SB209ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB209ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Russet Perry — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100004D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
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- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2024-02-21** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-23** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB209ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 70 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-14** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1efa8d73-ed3c-4ab4-9f43-d597ca096907`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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