republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-408.md

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Bill	District courts; protective orders, civil cases appealed, notice of docketing.	Appeal from district court; civil cases; noticeof docketing. Provides that the clerk of the appellate courtto which a civil case is appealed shall provide notice of the docketingof such case to the appellee by certified mail and to the counselfor the parties by regular mail. The bill removes language allowingthe clerk to provide such notice by posting it on the front doorof the courtroom and instead states that notice shall be made inconformity with provisions for notice for service of process in allcivil cases.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 408	Virginia SB 408 (2020)	bill		enacted	Ghazala F. Hashmi	4	28	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/4a476b11-a769-46ee-bfb6-09563615f858	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB408	51da0a1d599245b2c8ad3a414d5da57a0134f9e69fc9b3c16f190b6e14b8fab7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 408 (2020) — District courts; protective orders, civil cases appealed, notice of docketing.

Appeal from district court; civil cases; noticeof docketing. Provides that the clerk of the appellate courtto which a civil case is appealed shall provide notice of the docketingof such case to the appellee by certified mail and to the counselfor the parties by regular mail. The bill removes language allowingthe clerk to provide such notice by posting it on the front doorof the courtroom and instead states that notice shall be made inconformity with provisions for notice for service of process in allcivil cases.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0905) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB408ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB408S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB408S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103612D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107785D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107785D-S1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB408S1
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 905 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a476b11-a769-46ee-bfb6-09563615f858. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).