republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-780.md

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Bill	Returns of service; acceptance of copies of proofs of service.	Returns of service; acceptance of copies of proofs of service. Provides that a photocopy, facsimile, or other copy of the original proof of service shall be accepted by the clerk's office as if it were an original proof of service for the purposes of complying with the return of service process to the clerk's office, provided that the proponent provides a statement that any such copy is a true copy of the original.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 780	Virginia HB 780 (2020)	bill		enacted	Danica A. Roem	4	30	7	2020-01-07	2020-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/b5c21d00-51e4-415a-8e57-9be1bc33da0c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB780	af35f6e7103540f2c2362147422311295a42226388e08b75dd51686279dc07f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 780 (2020) — Returns of service; acceptance of copies of proofs of service.

Returns of service; acceptance of copies of proofs of service. Provides that a photocopy, facsimile, or other copy of the original proof of service shall be accepted by the clerk's office as if it were an original proof of service for the purposes of complying with the return of service process to the clerk's office, provided that the proponent provides a statement that any such copy is a true copy of the original.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB780ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB780E (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House as amended HB780E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with amendment (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with amendment (10-Y 3-N 2-A) — 10–3 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N) — 98–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Danica A. Roem — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100889D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB780E
• 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20100889D-E
• 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 with amendment (10-Y 3-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-17 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate with amendment (31-Y 9-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-19 Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-19 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-21 Enrolled
• 2020-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-24 Signed by President
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
• 2020-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
• 2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 158 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5c21d00-51e4-415a-8e57-9be1bc33da0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).