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| Bill | Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act; approval without a hearing. | Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act; approval without a hearing. Allows the court to approve a proposed compromise of a claim for death by wrongful act if the parties in interest agree to and endorse an approval order relating to such proposed compromise. The bill further requires that the endorsement of any such approval order by a beneficiary shall be notarized unless the endorsement is made by an attorney acting as guardian ad litem for such beneficiary. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 528 | Virginia HB 528 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 528 (2026) — Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act; approval without a hearing.
Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act; approval without a hearing. Allows the court to approve a proposed compromise of a claim for death by wrongful act if the parties in interest agree to and endorse an approval order relating to such proposed compromise. The bill further requires that the endorsement of any such approval order by a beneficiary shall be notarized unless the endorsement is made by an attorney acting as guardian ad litem for such beneficiary. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Virgil Thornton — primary (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103506D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB528)
- 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-03-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB528ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB528)
- 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 399 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0399)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4de4fa84-a733-4028-a0de-86ebebcbbe3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).