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type: "Bill"
title: "Nonresident plaintiff; security costs upon suit."
description: "Security for costs; suit or action by nonresident.Provides that in any suit or action taken by a plaintiff, includinga counterclaim plaintiff, cross-claim plaintiff, or third-party plaintiff,a motion may be made by a party to such suit or action that suchplaintiff is a nonresident and security is required. As under currentlaw, a court may dismiss such suit or action after 60 days from thecourt's order unless before the dismissal it is proven that suchplaintiff is a resident of the Commonwealth or that the security setby the court has been posted. This bill is a recommendation of theBoyd-Graves Conference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1249"
citation: "Virginia HB 1249 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wren M. Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa4ccd5-5d55-4c64-bc7f-ab1a3c0a7113"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1249"
source_hash: "89a35bded01abf75c34164357968eb9e47bd856fe46efce0a9ac23d10969b2a1"
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 1249 (2024) — Nonresident plaintiff; security costs upon suit.
Security for costs; suit or action by nonresident.Provides that in any suit or action taken by a plaintiff, includinga counterclaim plaintiff, cross-claim plaintiff, or third-party plaintiff,a motion may be made by a party to such suit or action that suchplaintiff is a nonresident and security is required. As under currentlaw, a court may dismiss such suit or action after 60 days from thecourt's order unless before the dismissal it is proven that suchplaintiff is a resident of the Commonwealth or that the security setby the court has been posted. This bill is a recommendation of theBoyd-Graves Conference.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0745)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106004D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1249H1)
3. **HB1249ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1249ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102433D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1249)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Wren M. Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102433D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24106004D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24106004D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1249H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1249ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 745 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa4ccd5-5d55-4c64-bc7f-ab1a3c0a7113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).