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| Bill | Eminent domain; certificate of take, description of property. | Eminent domain; certificate of take; description of property. Clarifies that a certificate of take in any eminent domain matter may include a combination of one or more plats, drawings, or plans to provide the description of the property being taken as required by law. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1401 | Virginia HB 1401 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1401 (2026) — Eminent domain; certificate of take, description of property.
Eminent domain; certificate of take; description of property. Clarifies that a certificate of take in any eminent domain matter may include a combination of one or more plats, drawings, or plans to provide the description of the property being taken as required by law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 92–2 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 92–4 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Margaret A. Franklin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 26103990D
introduction - 2026-01-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1401)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-03-09 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-09 Committee substitute printed 26108619D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 2-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1401ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1401)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 841 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/502f3a58-5c88-44b3-8c69-5b8f120c702c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).