VA HB1339 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Exemptions from garnishment and lien; householder; total value. Increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the amount that a householder may hold exempt from the creditor process for real or personal property that the householder or his dependent uses as a principal residence. The bill also increases from $6,000 to $10,000 the amount a householder is entitled to hold exempt from the creditor process for his motor vehicle. The bill further provides that, beginning on April 1, 2027, any increases in exempt amounts shall be adjusted at three-year intervals to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The bill provides that such adjustments shall be calculated by the Department of Planning and Budget. Exemptions from garnishment and lien; householder; total value. Increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the amount that a householder may hold exempt from the creditor process for real or personal property that the householder or his dependent uses as a principal residence. The bill also increases from $6,000 to $10,000 the amount a householder is entitled to hold exempt from the creditor process for his motor vehicle. The bill further provides that, beginning on April 1, 2027, any increases in exempt amounts shall be adjusted at three-year intervals to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The bill provides that such adjustments shall be calculated by the Department of Planning and Budget.
Title
Householder; exemptions from garnishment and lien.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 13-N) (Y: 87 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N) (Y: 87 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N) (Y: 87 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-08 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656) | |
| 2024-04-08 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 656 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| 2024-03-27 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-27 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 |
| 2024-03-26 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-25 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1339ER) |
| 2024-03-25 | House | Enrolled |
| 2024-03-05 | House | VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 13-N) |
| 2024-03-05 | House | Senate amendment agreed to by House (87-Y 13-N) |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Reading of amendment waived |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-02-13 | House | VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N) |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1339H1 |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 24107299D-H1 |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-09 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Committee substitute printed 24107299D-H1 |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 2-N) |
| 2024-02-02 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Civil |
| 2024-01-12 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-01-12 | House | Presented and ordered printed 24104100D |
