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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adoption; award of damages, death by wrongful act."
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description: "Adoption; award of damages; death by wrongful act. Provides that, in a case for death by wrongful act, the child of a decedent who has been adopted after the death of such decedent shall be included in the class of beneficiaries entitled to an award of damages resulting from such case, provided that a court had not previously terminated the parental rights of such decedent. This bill is identical to SB 209."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 140"
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citation: "Virginia HB 140 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-02"
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last_action: "2024-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8961f84f-fbb0-49d7-b033-7cafc15203ae"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB140"
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source_hash: "a3e809acfef3c5f139f778a65107d63827d72604ceeef3704db4b39e52a8f710"
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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 HB 140 (2024) — Adoption; award of damages, death by wrongful act.
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Adoption; award of damages; death by wrongful act. Provides that, in a case for death by wrongful act, the child of a decedent who has been adopted after the death of such decedent shall be included in the class of beneficiaries entitled to an award of damages resulting from such case, provided that a court had not previously terminated the parental rights of such decedent. This bill is identical to SB 209.
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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. **CHAP0069** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0069)
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2. **HB140ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB140ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100045D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB140)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 24100045D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB140E)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David A. Reid — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100045D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB140E
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- **2024-02-06** Printed as engrossed 24100045D-E
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- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB140ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 69 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-14** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0069)
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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/8961f84f-fbb0-49d7-b033-7cafc15203ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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