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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child support, unpaid; priority of debts to be paid from decedent's assets."
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description: "Prioritizes debts owed for child support arrearages over debts and taxes due to localities and other, unenumerated claims against the estate of a decedent."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 815"
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citation: "Virginia SB 815 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Wills", "Trusts", "and Fiduciaries"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-11-02"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26224aaf-9544-404f-8a60-fac5ec25e6ba"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB815"
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source_hash: "1ed580c70cc2653c276452a21442e6ac5c718c68b10d978929184fbc864bb5d0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 815 (2017) — Child support, unpaid; priority of debts to be paid from decedent's assets.
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Prioritizes debts owed for child support arrearages over debts and taxes due to localities and other, unenumerated claims against the estate of a decedent.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0591)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB815ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB815ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100570D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB815)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100570D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB815E)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-11-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100570D `introduction`
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- **2016-11-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2017-01-30** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB815E
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- **2017-01-30** Printed as engrossed 17100570D-E
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 591 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26224aaf-9544-404f-8a60-fac5ec25e6ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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