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| Bill | Summary judgment; limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits. | Allows for the limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits in support of or in opposition to a motion for summary judgment, provided that the only parties to the action are business entities and the amount at issue is $50,000 or more. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2019 | HB 2197 | Virginia HB 2197 (2019) |
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Virginia HB 2197 (2019) — Summary judgment; limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits.
Allows for the limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits in support of or in opposition to a motion for summary judgment, provided that the only parties to the action are business entities and the amount at issue is $50,000 or more. This bill is identical to
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2197ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103756D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — 25–15 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 7–6 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- C. Todd Gilbert — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103756D
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 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 10 (effective 7/1/19)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae3fe9b3-7df2-439c-a51a-57a8649bc769. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).