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| Bill | Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator. | Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator; emergency. Authorizes the State Treasurer or his designee to make payments relating to unclaimed property without receiving a claim if the property is cash property, the apparent owner is a natural person and the sole owner of such property, the apparent owner has been identified by the State Treasurer or his designee, and the amount to be paid does not exceed $5,000. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 996. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1606 | Virginia HB 1606 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1606 (2025) — Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator.
Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator; emergency. Authorizes the State Treasurer or his designee to make payments relating to unclaimed property without receiving a claim if the property is cash property, the apparent owner is a natural person and the sole owner of such property, the apparent owner has been identified by the State Treasurer or his designee, and the amount to be paid does not exceed $5,000. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 996.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Delegate Hernandez Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (92-Y 3-N) — 92–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100376D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2025-01-13 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
referral-committee - 2025-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-21 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-24 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2025-01-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-24 Delegate Hernandez Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-01-24 Emergency clause added
- 2025-01-24 Printed as engrossed 25100376D-E
- 2025-01-27 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 3-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1606)
- 2025-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-28 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-12 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-17 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1606ER)
passage - 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1606)
- 2025-02-20 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (Effective 03/18/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f4876f9-52a1-41e1-807d-d6a7cd309ff7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).