HB 2636 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Assignment of causes of action; limitations.

Summary

Assignment of causes of action. Provides that the limitations on assignable causes of action shall not prohibit any injured party or his estate from making a voluntary assignment of the proceeds or anticipated proceeds into a self-settled trust for which the injured party is the beneficiary, including self-settled trusts for the charitable purpose of one or more charitable organizations.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill converts the legislative text from an enrolled bill to a chaptered act, making it officially part of the Virginia Code. The substantive legal content regarding the assignment of causes of action remains unchanged, with only formatting adjustments to align with official publication standards.

TECHNICAL

Removed bracketed bill number from the act title and added official chapter number (Chapter 295) and approval date (March 21, 2025) to indicate the bill has been enacted into law.

Adjusted line breaks and spacing in the statutory text to match official publication formatting standards while preserving the exact legal language.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 19, 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 21, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2636ER)

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate Amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senator Surovell, Scott A. Amendments agreed to

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Introduced

Reading of amendments waived

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Civil

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 25104150D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors