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HB 1401 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Eminent domain; certificate of take, description of property.

Summary
Eminent domain; certificate of take; description of property. Clarifies that a certificate of take in any eminent domain matter may include a combination of one or more plats, drawings, or plans to provide the description of the property being taken as required by law.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

Courts of Justice Substitute → Enrolled · 1 edit · Apr 13, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled, moving from a substitute version to an official act. The substantive text of the law remains largely the same, but minor formatting improvements were made to add spaces between section numbers and their titles for better readability.
TECHNICAL

Added spaces between section numbers (e.g., '§ 25.1-307') and their titles in the text of the law to improve formatting and consistency.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 10, 2026
D Democratic20
20 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
32
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 841 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1401ER)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26103990D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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