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type: "Bill"
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title: "Habeas corpus; reorganizes, updates outdated language, and removes unused provisions."
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description: "Reorganizes, updates outdated language, and removes unused provisions in several writ of habeas corpus statutes.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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1909"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1909 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-04"
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last_action: "2019-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92aed33a-b95e-4e9a-b4ca-330cdc09bc21"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1909"
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source_hash: "16d85ec25dd912d2f4b824d627d3985eb66b77f4dc92ad033576f36c60887875"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1909 (2019) — Habeas corpus; reorganizes, updates outdated language, and removes unused provisions.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0008)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1909ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1909ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101170D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1909)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101170D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-05** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-05** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-05** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 6, 2019
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- **2019-02-06** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 13, 2019
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- **2019-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 8 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92aed33a-b95e-4e9a-b4ca-330cdc09bc21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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