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Bill Subpoenas duces tecum; financial records of nonparty, report. Subpoenas duces tecum; financial records of nonparty; report. Authorizes a nonparty to a civil proceeding to file a motion to quash or modify a subpoena duces tecum issued by a party to such proceeding for the production of (i) financial records of a nonparty account holder or (ii) if such nonparty is an attorney, such attorney's records subject to attorney-client privilege. The bill also prohibits certain financial entities from conditioning the compliance with a subpoena for production of financial records upon the payment of fees for producing such records. The bill directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to amend its rules as necessary to be consistent with the provisions of the bill. Finally, the bill directs the Boyd-Graves Conference to study whether the Code of Virginia should be amended further to grant standing to other nonparties to file a motion to quash or modify a subpoena duces tecum for other types of records requested by a party in a civil proceeding and to submit the findings of such study to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 1010. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2565 Virginia HB 2565 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2565 (2025) — Subpoenas duces tecum; financial records of nonparty, report.

Subpoenas duces tecum; financial records of nonparty; report. Authorizes a nonparty to a civil proceeding to file a motion to quash or modify a subpoena duces tecum issued by a party to such proceeding for the production of (i) financial records of a nonparty account holder or (ii) if such nonparty is an attorney, such attorney's records subject to attorney-client privilege. The bill also prohibits certain financial entities from conditioning the compliance with a subpoena for production of financial records upon the payment of fees for producing such records. The bill directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to amend its rules as necessary to be consistent with the provisions of the bill. Finally, the bill directs the Boyd-Graves Conference to study whether the Code of Virginia should be amended further to grant standing to other nonparties to file a motion to quash or modify a subpoena duces tecum for other types of records requested by a party in a civil proceeding and to submit the findings of such study to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 1010.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 100 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N) — 098 (fail) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N) — 71 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100797D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
  • 2025-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
  • 2025-01-24 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-24 Committee substitute printed 25105818D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2565)
  • 2025-01-27 Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Committee substitute printed 25107582D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-19 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2565)
  • 2025-02-20 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-20 House acceded to request
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: Surovell, Bagby, Obenshain
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Herring, Hope, Leftwich
  • 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2565ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2565)
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 287 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/133e5e1f-2347-44b8-8507-71939d4f03e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).