republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2167.md

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Bill	Corporate officer; deposition witness.	Provides that when an officer, as defined in the bill, who is called as a deposition witness files a motion for a protective order because the discovery sought by the deposition is obtainable from some other source that is more convenient, less burdensome, or less expensive, the burden is on the party seeking the deposition to defeat such a motion by showing that (i) the officer's deposition is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, (ii) the officer may have personal knowledge of discoverable information that cannot be discovered through other means, and (iii) a deposition of a representative other than the officer or other methods of discovery are unsatisfactory, insufficient, or inadequate. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2167	Virginia HB 2167 (2019)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure	enacted	Christopher K. Peace	6	18	6	2019-01-08	2019-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/032c3848-22b9-4fbd-85d1-2618b6562405	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2167	1d99d4f22f8963c4959b790fa80bde73c4ea6f7d72a61ff193b5cb8a1436fd75	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2167 (2019) — Corporate officer; deposition witness.

Provides that when an officer, as defined in the bill, who is called as a deposition witness files a motion for a protective order because the discovery sought by the deposition is obtainable from some other source that is more convenient, less burdensome, or less expensive, the burden is on the party seeking the deposition to defeat such a motion by showing that (i) the officer's deposition is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, (ii) the officer may have personal knowledge of discoverable information that cannot be discovered through other means, and (iii) a deposition of a representative other than the officer or other methods of discovery are unsatisfactory, insufficient, or inadequate. 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 (CHAP0009) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2167ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103758D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19103758D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 10–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103758D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-24 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2019-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB2167E
• 2019-01-24 Printed as engrossed 19103758D-E
• 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 9 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/032c3848-22b9-4fbd-85d1-2618b6562405. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).