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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judgments; limitations on enforcement, docketing of gen. district court judgments in circuit court."
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description: "Limitations on enforcement of judgments; docketing of general district court judgments in the circuit court. Provides that, for judgments entered in the general district court on or after July 1, 2026, where enforcement of such judgments is sought by a debt buyer, the docketing of an abstract of such judgment in the circuit court shall not effect the 10-year limitation period to enforce such judgment. Under current law, such docketing allows a general district court judgment to be treated as a judgment entered by the circuit court and may be extended in the same manner as a judgment entered by the circuit court."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1426"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1426 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
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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: "2026-01-22"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14ab644d-cd1f-461a-bce8-c01bc9a6ae2c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1426"
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source_hash: "a0443900878b847c790592e32f375fdb2f1eecab07bd57374e5a34509e1b70ac"
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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 1426 (2026) — Judgments; limitations on enforcement, docketing of gen. district court judgments in circuit court.
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Limitations on enforcement of judgments; docketing of general district court judgments in the circuit court. Provides that, for judgments entered in the general district court on or after July 1, 2026, where enforcement of such judgments is sought by a debt buyer, the docketing of an abstract of such judgment in the circuit court shall not effect the 10-year limitation period to enforce such judgment. Under current law, such docketing allows a general district court judgment to be treated as a judgment entered by the circuit court and may be extended in the same manner as a judgment entered by the circuit court.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1094435.PDF)
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2. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1202100.HTML)
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3. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1206101.HTML)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213576.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **67–30** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **62–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 26104787D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1426)
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-09** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate amendments agreed to by House (67-Y 30-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1426ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1426)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 848 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/14ab644d-cd1f-461a-bce8-c01bc9a6ae2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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