Virginia House Bill 1378 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 2 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0074)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Signature defects on pleadings, motions, and other papers. Clarifies that any pleading, motion, or other paper that is not properly signed is defective and voidable. The bill further provides that failure to timely raise signature defects waives any challenge based on such a defect and that a signature defect shall be cured within 21 days after it is brought to the attention of the pleader or movant, or the pleading, motion, or other paper that contains the signature defect shall be stricken.

Pleadings, motions, and other papers; signature defects.

Del. James Leftwich [R]

2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-15 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-02		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0074)
2020-03-02		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 74 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-02-25		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
2020-02-25	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
2020-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1378ER)
2020-02-20	House	Enrolled
2020-02-17	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-28	House	VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
2020-01-28	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-01-24	House	Read first time
2020-01-22	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-15	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101533D

SB229 (Same As) 2020-03-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0351)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	271.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1378
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1378+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1378ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0074+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0802V0007+HB1378
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0017+HB1378
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0140+HB1378
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0294+HB1378
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0655HB1378+HB1378
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0660HB1378+HB1378