republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-956.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
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 HB 1561.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 956	Virginia SB 956 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mamie E. Locke	3	22	5	2020-01-14	2020-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/3ff522c2-9f9b-46b4-857f-ee1cf0f5b0d4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB956	65a1c23ae3fec0e41122976283cc3a555f0eaa8f4c4c31d3f48fa7f9ad97e609	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 956 (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 HB 1561.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB956ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB956) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 20105350D introduction
• 2020-01-14 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB956)
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled
• 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB956ER)
• 2020-02-25 Signed by President
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
• 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 194 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ff522c2-9f9b-46b4-857f-ee1cf0f5b0d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).