republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-481.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	Jury service; deferral of service if full-time student.	Jury service; deferral of service if full-time student.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 481	Virginia HB 481 (2018)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure Education	enacted	Robert B. Bell	2	15	6	2018-01-08	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/5cba02c0-f684-4be6-ac94-1f2cad1961b6	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB481	2eef02658525d2b44539473067c2d521b4936e0b7195f33c743d462038f65e2c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 481 (2018) — Jury service; deferral of service if full-time student.

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 (HB481ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100562D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100562D introduction
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-08 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y -0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 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 259 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cba02c0-f684-4be6-ac94-1f2cad1961b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).