republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-189.md

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Bill	Consumer debt collection proceedings; signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers.	Consumer debt collection proceedings; signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers. Requires the attorney of record in any civil action to collect or enforce a consumer debt, as defined in the bill, to include in the initial pleading or any subsequent filing such attorney's (i) full name; (ii) business address; and (iii) business telephone number. The bill provides that any such pleading, motion, or other paper not in compliance with such provisions is defective and provides that if such defect is not properly cured within 21 days after it is brought to the attention of the pleader or movant, such pleading, motion, or other paper is invalid and shall be stricken. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 189	Virginia SB 189 (2026)	bill		enacted	Angelia Williams Graves	9	39	9	2026-01-09	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/fb8ff838-323d-4681-9f34-b10c401507dd	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB189	c69f8fcd42a99e036251df216ac0644d0a51cd04154319fa924fc7af2de62cd5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 189 (2026) — Consumer debt collection proceedings; signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers.

Consumer debt collection proceedings; signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers. Requires the attorney of record in any civil action to collect or enforce a consumer debt, as defined in the bill, to include in the initial pleading or any subsequent filing such attorney's (i) full name; (ii) business address; and (iii) business telephone number. The bill provides that any such pleading, motion, or other paper not in compliance with such provisions is defective and provides that if such defect is not properly cured within 21 days after it is brought to the attention of the pleader or movant, such pleading, motion, or other paper is invalid and shall be stricken. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

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. Civil Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
8. Senator Williams Graves Amendment (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur House Amendments R — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101335D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-21 Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 1-N 3-A) committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Committee substitute printed 26107486D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-10 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-10 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-11 Floor offered Senator Williams Graves Amendment
• 2026-02-11 Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-11 Senator Williams Graves Amendment agreed to (Voice Vote) amendment-passage
• 2026-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-03-04 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-03-04 Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-03-04 Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB189)
• 2026-03-12 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB189ER) passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB189)
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter489 (Effective 1/1/2027) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb8ff838-323d-4681-9f34-b10c401507dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).