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type: "Bill"
title: "Revision of Title 55; technical amendments relating to the revision and recodification."
description: "Revision of Title 55. Makes technical amendmentsrelating to the revision and recodification of Title 55 enacted inthe 2019 Session. The bill also implements clarifying changes andother changes made in the revision and recodification. This billis a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1340"
citation: "Virginia HB 1340 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21eada83-6252-4a77-b0d9-0b4c5a7e9f71"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1340"
source_hash: "aa0b6450660357b13762d54f25e9c0a532edc79dbab470aea48208c48429d7c4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1340 (2020) — Revision of Title 55; technical amendments relating to the revision and recodification.
Revision of Title 55. Makes technical amendmentsrelating to the revision and recodification of Title 55 enacted inthe 2019 Session. The bill also implements clarifying changes andother changes made in the revision and recodification. This billis a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0592)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1340ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1340ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1340H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1340)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1340H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1340H1)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100317D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute printed 20107189D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 20107189D-H1
- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1340H1
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 592 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21eada83-6252-4a77-b0d9-0b4c5a7e9f71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).