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type: "Bill"
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title: "Immunity of persons at public hearing; attorney fees and costs."
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description: "Immunity of persons at public hearing; attorneyfees; costs. Allows for the award of reasonable attorney feesand costs to any person who has a subpoena against him quashed inan action for statements made at a public hearing before the governingbody of a locality or other local entity when he is immune from liabilityfor such statements. Current law provides for the award of attorneyfees and costs upon the dismissal of such an action."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 401"
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citation: "Virginia SB 401 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ceb2b27-a9a7-4ed4-8905-b93f770d205a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB401"
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source_hash: "f565cbc325cd7974e47888ef363f912dbc910c9f913ccd0c705e4cdd7e3d0b59"
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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 SB 401 (2020) — Immunity of persons at public hearing; attorney fees and costs.
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Immunity of persons at public hearing; attorneyfees; costs. Allows for the award of reasonable attorney feesand costs to any person who has a subpoena against him quashed inan action for statements made at a public hearing before the governingbody of a locality or other local entity when he is immune from liabilityfor such statements. Current law provides for the award of attorneyfees and costs upon the dismissal of such an action.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0824)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0824)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB401ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB401ER)
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3. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB401ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB401)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100737D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-01-24** Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-21** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 824 (effective 7/1/20) `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/6ceb2b27-a9a7-4ed4-8905-b93f770d205a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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