republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1158.md

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Bill	Eminent domain; condemnation proceedings.	Eminent domain; condemnation proceedings. Makes various changes to provisions governing eminent domain, primarily relating to procedures in condemnation proceedings and the transfer of a defeasible title by certificate. The bill specifies that, in a condemnation proceeding initiated by an authorized condemnor or the Commissioner of Highways, a certificate transferring a defeasible title shall include certain information describing the property and any rights to the property being taken or damaged. Finally, the bill repeals the requirement that the court refer a matter initiating a condemnation proceeding to a dispute resolution orientation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1158	Virginia SB 1158 (2025)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	8	45	11	2025-01-07	2025-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5ba17809-6f6f-44c0-9097-337f7e49f57a	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1158	a509227098dc3865d08d9481e62ad7a6896a8cdc8f4a1c216fd0e44bfa91f565	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1158 (2025) — Eminent domain; condemnation proceedings.

Eminent domain; condemnation proceedings. Makes various changes to provisions governing eminent domain, primarily relating to procedures in condemnation proceedings and the transfer of a defeasible title by certificate. The bill specifies that, in a condemnation proceeding initiated by an authorized condemnor or the Commissioner of Highways, a certificate transferring a defeasible title shall include certain information describing the property and any rights to the property being taken or damaged. Finally, the bill repeals the requirement that the court refer a matter initiating a condemnation proceeding to a dispute resolution orientation.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
7. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House Amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102949D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-22 Committee substitute printed 25105772D-S1 substitution
• 2025-01-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-29 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-01-30 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N)
• 2025-01-30 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-04 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2025-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 2025-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2025-02-19 Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1158)
• 2025-02-20 House Amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1158ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1158)
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (SB1158ER2) enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 617 (Effective 07/01/2025 - see bill) became-law
• 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ba17809-6f6f-44c0-9097-337f7e49f57a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).