Virginia Senate Bill 27 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; appointment of counsel to represent servicemember. Requires the plaintiff in a case in which counsel has been appointed under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to deliver all documents or information concerning the location of the servicemember to the appointed counsel if so requested in a subpoena duces tecum. The bill further provides that counsel appointed pursuant to the SCRA shall not be selected by the plaintiff or have any affiliation with the plaintiff, but allows counsel for the plaintiff to provide a list of attorneys familiar with the provisions of the SCRA upon the court's request.

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; appointed counsel may issue subpoena for all discoverable files.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-01 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-01		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643)
2016-04-01		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 643 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
2016-03-10	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB27ER)
2016-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2016-03-03	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-03-01	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 0-N 1-A)
2016-03-01	House	Passed House with amendments (92-Y 0-N 1-A)
2016-03-01	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2016-03-01	House	Read third time
2016-02-29	House	Passed by for the day
2016-02-26	House	Passed by for the day
2016-02-26	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2016-02-26	House	Read third time
2016-02-25	House	Read second time
2016-02-24	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
2016-02-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2016-02-03	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-02-03	House	Read first time
2016-02-03	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-01-21	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-01-20	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB27S1
2016-01-20	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 16104435D-S1
2016-01-20	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2016-01-20	Senate	Read second time
2016-01-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-01-18	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16104435D-S1
2016-01-18	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2015-12-10	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-12-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100580D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	15.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB27
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB27+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB27S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB27ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0643+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0003+SB0027
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0028SB0027+SB0027
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0054SB0027+SB0027
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0802V0099+SB0027
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H08V0381+SB0027
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV1061+SB0027
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0804SB0027+SB0027