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| Bill | Fort Monroe Authority; civil actions in general district court. | Fort Monroe Authority; civil actions in general district court. Authorizes the Fort Monroe Authority to prepare, execute, file, and have served certain documents in a civil proceeding in general district court without the intervention of an attorney. This bill is identical to SB 956. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1561 | Virginia HB 1561 (2020) |
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3 | 23 | 6 | 2020-01-13 | 2020-03-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/c976bb2e-9a9c-4b2e-8f8e-41692ddb5bb6 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1561 | b3b91afe3324e6e5188c0a1711c048a79eeeb518cac984ff1401dbfbcd9defbd | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 1561 (2020) — Fort Monroe Authority; civil actions in general district court.
Fort Monroe Authority; civil actions in general district court. Authorizes the Fort Monroe Authority to prepare, execute, file, and have served certain documents in a civil proceeding in general district court without the intervention of an attorney. This bill is identical to SB 956.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1561ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1561) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Martha M. Mugler — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 20105251D
introduction - 2020-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1561)
- 2020-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 2020-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
passage - 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1561ER)
- 2020-02-21 Signed by President
- 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c976bb2e-9a9c-4b2e-8f8e-41692ddb5bb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).