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SB 369 VA
Passed One Chamber

Civil actions; assignment as business litigation action, requirements, delayed effective date.

VA · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2026

Latest action (Mar 2, 2026) Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)

Summary

A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-105 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 3 of Title 8.01 an article numbered 20.1, consisting of sections numbered 8.01-217.1 and 8.01-217.2, relating to civil actions; assignment as business litigation action; requirements.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (20)
  1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101724D · upper
  2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
  3. Jan 28, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  4. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 1-N 2-A) · upper
  5. Jan 30, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106454D-S1 · upper
  6. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB369) · upper
  7. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) · upper
  8. Feb 12, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  9. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  10. Feb 12, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
  11. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · upper
  12. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
  13. Feb 13, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
  14. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N 0-A) · upper
  15. Feb 19, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
  16. Feb 19, 2026 Read first time · lower
  17. Feb 19, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
  18. Feb 19, 2026 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil · lower
  19. Feb 23, 2026 Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) · lower
  20. Mar 2, 2026 Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote) · lower

Text versions (6)

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  • Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
  • Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
  • Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
  • Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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