republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1511.md

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Bill	Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth.	Provides that certain investigators employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth or by the Indigent Defense Commission while engaged in the performance of their official duties shall not be considered a party or otherwise interested in the subject matter in controversy and, thus, are authorized to serve process, provided that the sheriff in the jurisdiction where process is to be served has agreed that such investigators may serve process.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 1511	Virginia HB 1511 (2018)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Counties Cities and Towns	enacted	Michael P. Mullin	3	20	7	2018-01-18	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/6aa1b51d-a61e-4d4d-9c1f-82ce9f02b98a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1511	3bf5ea61bd1f8a1b5a15396a8b9f1e94d02c303e6a90e6a1e53f6d7904006589	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1511 (2018) — Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth.

Provides that certain investigators employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth or by the Indigent Defense Commission while engaged in the performance of their official duties shall not be considered a party or otherwise interested in the subject matter in controversy and, thus, are authorized to serve process, provided that the sheriff in the jurisdiction where process is to be served has agreed that such investigators may serve process.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1511ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Presented and ordered printed 18105171D (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107241D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107241D-S1 — 95–2 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 25–15 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 18105171D introduction
• 2018-01-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
• 2018-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 18107241D-S1
• 2018-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1511S1
• 2018-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107241D-S1 (95-Y 2-N)
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 238 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6aa1b51d-a61e-4d4d-9c1f-82ce9f02b98a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).