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| Bill | Judgments; limitations on enforcement, docketing of gen. district court judgments in circuit court. | Limitations on enforcement of judgments; docketing of general district court judgments in the circuit court. Provides that, for judgments entered in the general district court on or after July 1, 2026, where enforcement of such judgments is sought by a debt buyer, the docketing of an abstract of such judgment in the circuit court shall not effect the 10-year limitation period to enforce such judgment. Under current law, such docketing allows a general district court judgment to be treated as a judgment entered by the circuit court and may be extended in the same manner as a judgment entered by the circuit court. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1426 | Virginia HB 1426 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1426 (2026) — Judgments; limitations on enforcement, docketing of gen. district court judgments in circuit court.
Limitations on enforcement of judgments; docketing of general district court judgments in the circuit court. Provides that, for judgments entered in the general district court on or after July 1, 2026, where enforcement of such judgments is sought by a debt buyer, the docketing of an abstract of such judgment in the circuit court shall not effect the 10-year limitation period to enforce such judgment. Under current law, such docketing allows a general district court judgment to be treated as a judgment entered by the circuit court and may be extended in the same manner as a judgment entered by the circuit court.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–2 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 67–30 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 62–34 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 16–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 26104787D
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 (8-Y 2-N)
- 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1426)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 6-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 (63-Y 34-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 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 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 Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 Senate amendments agreed to by House (67-Y 30-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1426ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1426)
- 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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 848 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14ab644d-cd1f-461a-bce8-c01bc9a6ae2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).