republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-214.md

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Bill	Corporation, limited liability company, etc.; service of garnishment summons.	Service of garnishment summons upon corporation, limited liability company, etc.; garnishment designee. Requires a summons for garnishment against a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity authorized to do business in the Commonwealth to be served on the garnishment designee, as that term is defined in the bill, of such corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity, unless such garnishment designee is also the judgment debtor. The bill provides alternative methods of service if the judgment creditor certifies that such corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity has no garnishment designee, such garnishment designee cannot be found at the designated address, or such garnishment designee is also the judgment debtor. Before a judgment creditor serves the registered or statutory agent of a financial institution, such creditor shall further certify that after exercising due diligence, no managing employee, as that term is defined in the bill, could be found, that such managing employee is the judgment creditor, or that such service has been authorized or requested by such institution. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 214	Virginia SB 214 (2024)	bill		enacted	Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.	4	36	7	2024-01-08	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d0d81963-ccc1-4c47-aadd-dd98dbd4c45f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB214	01810cd906a7680ad8a591fe618dec0372872f4af8f66bb94803f3b03c2b9c04	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 214 (2024) — Corporation, limited liability company, etc.; service of garnishment summons.

Service of garnishment summons upon corporation, limited liability company, etc.; garnishment designee. Requires a summons for garnishment against a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity authorized to do business in the Commonwealth to be served on the garnishment designee, as that term is defined in the bill, of such corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity, unless such garnishment designee is also the judgment debtor. The bill provides alternative methods of service if the judgment creditor certifies that such corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity has no garnishment designee, such garnishment designee cannot be found at the designated address, or such garnishment designee is also the judgment debtor. Before a judgment creditor serves the registered or statutory agent of a financial institution, such creditor shall further certify that after exercising due diligence, no managing employee, as that term is defined in the bill, could be found, that such managing employee is the judgment creditor, or that such service has been authorized or requested by such institution. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0500 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105829D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103012D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB214ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 1-N 1-A) — 12–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103012D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from SCC (SB214)
• 2024-02-07 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 1-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24105829D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24105829D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB214S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-20 Impact statement from SCC (SB214S1)
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2024-02-28 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB214ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 500 (effective 1/1/25) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0500)
• 2024-04-22 Impact statement from SCC (SB214ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0d81963-ccc1-4c47-aadd-dd98dbd4c45f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).