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type: "Bill"
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title: "Summons; promises to appear after issuance."
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description: "Promises to appear after the issuance of a summons. Eliminates the requirement that a promise to appear be completedafter the issuance of a summons for a misdemeanor traffic offense.The bill provides that an accused shall be released from custodyafter a summons has been issued."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1329"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1329 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb2909c9-bf93-48ff-a7a1-6fe38693aa8a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1329"
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source_hash: "721fe3835f87541d98eb898530414147d5686a763b0eb6c4134826318164b53b"
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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 1329 (2021) — Summons; promises to appear after issuance.
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Promises to appear after the issuance of a summons. Eliminates the requirement that a promise to appear be completedafter the issuance of a summons for a misdemeanor traffic offense.The bill provides that an accused shall be released from custodyafter a summons has been issued.
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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. **CHAP0338** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0338)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101329D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1329)
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3. **SB1329ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1329ER)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N) — **85–13** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
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- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101329D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1329)
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- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
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- **2021-02-09** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-20** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-24** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-02-24** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2021-02-24** Passed House with amendments (86-Y 13-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N)
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- **2021-02-25** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1329ER)
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- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
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- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 338 (effective 7/1/21) `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/bb2909c9-bf93-48ff-a7a1-6fe38693aa8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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