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Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act; approval without a hearing. Allows the court to approve a proposed compromise of a claim for death by wrongful act if the parties in interest agree to and endorse an approval order relating to such proposed compromise. The bill further requires that the endorsement of any such approval order by a beneficiary shall be notarized unless the endorsement is made by an attorney acting as guardian ad litem for such beneficiary. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 9 co
Read third time
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB528)
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103506D
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Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Stacey Annie Carroll
Mark C. Downey
Debra D. Gardner
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.
Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie
Jeion A. Ward
David W. Marsden
Charniele L. Herring