republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1909.md

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Bill	Habeas corpus; reorganizes, updates outdated language, and removes unused provisions.	Reorganizes, updates outdated language, and removes unused provisions in several writ of habeas corpus statutes. The bill clarifies certain procedural issues such as service, venue, amendments for failure to name a proper party respondent, necessity of a response, and transfer for evidentiary hearings. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1909	Virginia HB 1909 (2019)	bill		enacted	James A. "Jay" Leftwich	3	15	6	2019-01-04	2019-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/92aed33a-b95e-4e9a-b4ca-330cdc09bc21	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1909	16d85ec25dd912d2f4b824d627d3985eb66b77f4dc92ad033576f36c60887875	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1909 (2019) — Habeas corpus; reorganizes, updates outdated language, and removes unused provisions.

Reorganizes, updates outdated language, and removes unused provisions in several writ of habeas corpus statutes. The bill clarifies certain procedural issues such as service, venue, amendments for failure to name a proper party respondent, necessity of a response, and transfer for evidentiary hearings. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1909ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101170D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101170D introduction
• 2019-01-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-10 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-28 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-05 Enrolled
• 2019-02-05 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-05 Signed by President
• 2019-02-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 6, 2019
• 2019-02-06 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 13, 2019
• 2019-02-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 8 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92aed33a-b95e-4e9a-b4ca-330cdc09bc21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).