Unlawful detainer; expungement of actions, effective date.
Summary
Unlawful detainer; expungement. Creates a process by which unlawful detainer actions filed in a general district court that have been dismissed or nonsuited may be expunged upon request of the defendant to such action. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and the provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
14
Committee
14
Amendments
3
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1013 (effective 1/1/22)
executive
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB640ES1
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107609D-S1
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100736D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
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