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type: "Bill"
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title: "Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth, etc."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 291"
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citation: "Virginia SB 291 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42477f2e-f5a2-4175-9f25-0fc36340431d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB291"
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source_hash: "563489ed8afd2a4a80206e8e875e48b5eaef354d0b6e308324b1fd83dfb56733"
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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 291 (2022) — Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth, etc.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0248** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0248)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106908D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB291H1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100342D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB291)
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4. **SB291ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB291ER)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100342D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Committee substitute printed 22106908D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute agreed to 22106908D-H1
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- **2022-03-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB291H1
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- **2022-03-02** Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-04** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-04** Title replaced 22106908D-H1
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- **2022-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-09** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 248 (effective 7/1/22) `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/42477f2e-f5a2-4175-9f25-0fc36340431d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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