republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-682.md

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Bill	Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth, etc.	Service of process; investigator employed byan attorney for the Commonwealth or Indigent Defense Commission. Provides that all investigators employed by an attorney for the Commonwealthor by the Indigent Defense Commission while engaged in the performanceof their official duties shall not be considered a party or otherwiseinterested in the subject matter in controversy and, thus, are authorizedto serve process. The bill eliminates the requirement that the sheriffin the jurisdiction where process is to be served agrees that such investigators may serve process.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 682	Virginia HB 682 (2022)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	5	40	10	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/9ac34df8-ad48-4a07-8a97-a1082f058f06	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB682	bcd4287e65471ec2d273e50c58d8600d0a989dc01ba806edc3e6e2979d01b5ed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 682 (2022) — Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth, etc.

Service of process; investigator employed byan attorney for the Commonwealth or Indigent Defense Commission. Provides that all investigators employed by an attorney for the Commonwealthor by the Indigent Defense Commission while engaged in the performanceof their official duties shall not be considered a party or otherwiseinterested in the subject matter in controversy and, thus, are authorizedto serve process. The bill eliminates the requirement that the sheriffin the jurisdiction where process is to be served agrees that such investigators may serve process.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0684 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106250D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106768D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB682ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101921D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101921D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2022-02-04 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11 Committee substitute printed 22106250D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106250D-H1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB682H1
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-21 Committee substitute printed 22106768D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-23 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-23 Committee substitute agreed to 22106768D-S1
• 2022-02-23 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB682S1
• 2022-02-23 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-25 Senate substitute rejected by House 22106768D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
• 2022-02-25 VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 99-N)
• 2022-03-01 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-01 Senate requested conference committee
• 2022-03-02 House acceded to request
• 2022-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2022-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
• 2022-03-09 Amended by conference committee
• 2022-03-09 Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-21 Enrolled
• 2022-03-21 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 684 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ac34df8-ad48-4a07-8a97-a1082f058f06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).