Virginia House Bill 1546 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 6 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Service of process on nonresidents. Makes several changes to how service of process is made on nonresidents and foreign corporations, including providing that (i) foreign corporations may be personally served with process outside of the Commonwealth in addition to substituted service on such corporation within the Commonwealth; (ii) service of process on the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles for nonresident motor vehicle owners or operators or the Secretary of the Commonwealth for nonresident aircraft owners or operators is effective on the date service is made on the Commissioner or the Secretary; and (iii) the Secretary of the Commonwealth or the statutory agent of a foreign corporation must provide a receipt noting the date service of process was made if the Secretary or statutory agent was served by hand delivery or any other method that does not provide a return of service. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Service of process; makes several changes to how process is made on nonresidents, etc.

Del. Robert Bell [R]

Del. George Loupassi [R]

2013-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113)
2013-03-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 113 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2013-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1546ER)
2013-02-21	House	Enrolled
2013-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2013-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-13	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2013-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2013-02-01	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2013-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2013-01-31	House	Read second time and engrossed
2013-01-30	House	Read first time
2013-01-28	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
2013-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2013-01-07	House	Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
2013-01-04	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100773D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	312	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	329	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1546
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1546+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1546ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0113+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H0802V0077+HB1546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H08V0177+HB1546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0440+HB1546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S03V0237+HB1546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0597HB1546+HB1546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0631HB1546+HB1546