republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1816.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Demurrers; amended pleadings.	Demurrers; amended pleadings.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1816	Virginia HB 1816 (2017)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure	enacted	J. Randall Minchew	3	15	8	2017-01-09	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/068bec3b-84b2-4d34-baf6-a3f191182d9c	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1816	6b1b88a6f22a166540aa90997e00fbafbd26c1b9a6d89894c9f161034d083c86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1816 (2017) — Demurrers; amended pleadings.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1816ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100721D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• J. Randall Minchew — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100721D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 755 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/068bec3b-84b2-4d34-baf6-a3f191182d9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).