HB 528 — Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act; approval without a hearing.
VA 20261 session
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.
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Sponsors (10)
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — sponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charniele L. Herring (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeion A. Ward (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David W. Marsden (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (31)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgil Thornton (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Charniele L. Herring (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | David W. Marsden (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jeion A. Ward (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Mark C. Downey (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Stacey Annie Carroll (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no