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SB 1080 Property & Conveyances; revision of Title 55 to create Title 55.1, pertains to rental property, etc.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Revision of Title 55. Creates proposed Title 55.1 (Property and Conveyances) as a revision of existing Title 55 (Property and Conveyances). Proposed Title 55.1 consists of 29 chapters divided into five subtitles: Subtitle I (Property Conveyances), Subtitle II (Real Estate Settlements and Recordation), Subtitle III (Rental Conveyances), Subtitle IV (Common Interest Communities), and Subtitle V (Miscellaneous). The bill organizes the laws in a more logical manner, removes obsolete and duplicative provisions, and improves the structure and clarity of statutes pertaining to real and personal property conveyances, recordation of deeds, rental property, common interest communities, escheats, and unclaimed property. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2019, and is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
See S.B. 1080 pdf text : Chapter 712
FULL TEXT
- 12/14/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100845D pdf
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1080ER) pdf
- 03/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/14/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100845D
- 12/14/18 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/14/19 Senate: Rereferred to General Laws and Technology
- 01/21/19 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/19 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/29/19 House: Read first time
- 01/29/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/11/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Read second time
- 02/20/19 House: Read third time
- 02/20/19 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1080ER)
- 03/07/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- 03/11/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/21/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (effective 10/1/19)
- 03/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)