Virginia Senate Bill 481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Nonsuits; recommencement of action. Decreases the time period in which a plaintiff who takes a voluntary nonsuit may recommence this action from six months to 14 days from the date the nonsuit was entered. The bill does not change the provision allowing for recommencement of the action within the original period of limitation, if longer than 14 days from the date the nonsuit was entered. The bill further provides that a plaintiff who has taken a voluntary nonsuit shall serve the defendant within three months of the recommencement of the action. The bill contains a technical amendment.

Nonsuits; recommencement of action.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

2018-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-11-30	Senate	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-01-17	Senate	Continued to 2019 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103995D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	229	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	275.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB481
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB481+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03C0056+SB0481