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| Bill | Punitive damages; hit and run drivers. | Punitive damages; hit and run drivers. Provides that in any action for personal injury or death arising from conduct that constitutes a felony hit and run, punitive damages may be awarded to the plaintiff. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1479 | Virginia HB 1479 (2026) |
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5 | 29 | 8 | 2026-01-23 | 2026-04-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/dfaf1902-12e3-4f43-a5b0-6f244e697818 | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1479 | 322642b1e761edb33a868020372f716884f48e9f523a5a3f9f9bd81f2a445e54 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 1479 (2026) — Punitive damages; hit and run drivers.
Punitive damages; hit and run drivers. Provides that in any action for personal injury or death arising from conduct that constitutes a felony hit and run, punitive damages may be awarded to the plaintiff.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Committee Amendment V — 26–14 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 13–1 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 37–3 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Will Davis — primary (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26105555D
introduction - 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1479)
- 2026-02-05 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-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 (97-Y 0-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 amendment (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
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 Committee amendment agreed to (26-Y 14-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with amendment (37-Y 3-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1479ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1479)
- 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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 473 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfaf1902-12e3-4f43-a5b0-6f244e697818. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).