---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil and criminal actions; service of subpoena for certain electronic records."
description: "Civil and criminal actions; service of subpoena for certain electronic records. Provides that, in addition to methods for how service of process may be effected on certain corporations, any subpoena issued pursuant to a civil or criminal proceeding for electronic records, electronically stored information, or other documents or records that are stored outside of the Commonwealth by a nonparty commercial enterprise may be served within or outside of the Commonwealth by hand, certified mail, commercial delivery service, facsimile, or electronic means."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1500"
citation: "Virginia HB 1500 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charlie Schmidt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/298bc502-ffd8-44eb-96bb-d560c3835f96"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1500"
source_hash: "e140a192a6eee50e1ab030c22a0ab6f1537b4f0f544c293cbe6e5fbf93528758"
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 1500 (2026) — Civil and criminal actions; service of subpoena for certain electronic records.

Civil and criminal actions; service of subpoena for certain electronic records. Provides that, in addition to methods for how service of process may be effected on certain corporations, any subpoena issued pursuant to a civil or criminal proceeding for electronic records, electronically stored information, or other documents or records that are stored outside of the Commonwealth by a nonparty commercial enterprise may be served within or outside of the Commonwealth by hand, certified mail, commercial delivery service, facsimile, or electronic means.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096019.PDF)
2. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200601.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213596.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charlie Schmidt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26101678D `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1500)
- **2026-02-05** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Committee substitute printed 26109466D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1500ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 868 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/298bc502-ffd8-44eb-96bb-d560c3835f96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).