---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney-issued subpoenas; release of witness."
description: "Attorney-issued subpoenas; release of witness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1756"
citation: "Virginia HB 1756 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell, J.L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32e8784d-928d-4c1c-bfae-4736141aa902"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1756"
source_hash: "633ce8e7cadd6821fba52e7f328f354d48a31bce3dcb289d50ce98f94a7f216e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1756 (2023) — Attorney-issued subpoenas; release of witness.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0092** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0092)
2. **HB1756ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1756ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100034D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1756)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (30-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell, J.L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100034D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-15** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate with amendments (30-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1756ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 92 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0092)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32e8784d-928d-4c1c-bfae-4736141aa902`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).