HB 1606 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator.

Summary

Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator; emergency. Authorizes the State Treasurer or his designee to make payments relating to unclaimed property without receiving a claim if the property is cash property, the apparent owner is a natural person and the sole owner of such property, the apparent owner has been identified by the State Treasurer or his designee, and the amount to be paid does not exceed $5,000. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 996.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill converts HB 1606 from an enrolled legislative bill into a chaptered act, making it officially part of Virginia law. The substantive content of the unclaimed property statute remains unchanged, with no modifications to filing requirements, eligibility criteria, or payment thresholds.

TECHNICAL

The bill was formatted from a standard enrolled bill layout to the official chaptered act format, including adding the chapter number (Chapter 6) and the approval date (March 18, 2025).

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 11, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 18, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (Effective 03/18/25)

executive

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1606ER)

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (92-Y 3-N)

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Introduced

Engrossed by House as amended

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Delegate Hernandez Amendments agreed to

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

lower

Jan 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 40 co-sponsors