Foreign judgments; Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act. (SB473)

Introduced By

Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Foreign judgments. Replaces the Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act enacted in Virginia in 1990 with the version approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2005, which has been adopted in 18 states and the District of Columbia. Both versions provide for recognition and enforcement of foreign-country judgments in a United States state court. Judgments on taxes, fines, or criminal-like penalties and judgments relating to domestic relations are not covered by the Act. The Act provides that a foreign-country judgment will not be recognized if it comes from a court system that is not impartial or that dishonors due process, or when there is no personal jurisdiction over the defendant or over the subject matter of the litigation. The 2005 Act clarifies that a judgment entitled to full faith and credit under the U.S. Constitution is not enforceable under this Act and expressly provides that a party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden to prove that the judgment is subject to the Uniform Act. The Act imposes the burden of proof for establishing a specific ground for nonrecognition upon the party raising it, addresses the specific procedure for seeking enforcement, and provides a statute of limitations on enforcement of a foreign-country judgment. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101751D
01/08/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/20/2014Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/21/2014Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
01/22/2014Read second time and engrossed
01/23/2014Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
01/27/2014Placed on Calendar
01/27/2014Read first time
01/27/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/14/2014Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
02/17/2014Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
02/21/2014Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2014Read second time
02/26/2014Read third time
02/26/2014Committee amendment agreed to
02/26/2014Engrossed by House as amended
02/26/2014Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/26/2014VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2014House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
03/05/2014Enrolled
03/05/2014Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB473ER)
03/05/2014Signed by Speaker
03/08/2014Signed by President
03/31/2014G Approved by Governor-Chapter 462 (effective 7/1/14)
03/31/2014G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 45 seconds.