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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporation, limited liability company, etc.; service of garnishment summons."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "Virginia SB 214 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0d81963-ccc1-4c47-aadd-dd98dbd4c45f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB214"
source_hash: "01810cd906a7680ad8a591fe618dec0372872f4af8f66bb94803f3b03c2b9c04"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0500)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105829D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB214S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103012D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB214)
4. **SB214ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB214ER)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0d81963-ccc1-4c47-aadd-dd98dbd4c45f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).