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| Bill | Civil and criminal actions; service of subpoena for certain electronic records. | Civil and criminal actions; service of subpoena for certain electronic records. Provides that, in addition to methods for how service of process may be effected on certain corporations, any subpoena issued pursuant to a civil or criminal proceeding for electronic records, electronically stored information, or other documents or records that are stored outside of the Commonwealth by a nonparty commercial enterprise may be served within or outside of the Commonwealth by hand, certified mail, commercial delivery service, facsimile, or electronic means. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1500 | Virginia HB 1500 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1500 (2026) — Civil and criminal actions; service of subpoena for certain electronic records.
Civil and criminal actions; service of subpoena for certain electronic records. Provides that, in addition to methods for how service of process may be effected on certain corporations, any subpoena issued pursuant to a civil or criminal proceeding for electronic records, electronically stored information, or other documents or records that are stored outside of the Commonwealth by a nonparty commercial enterprise may be served within or outside of the Commonwealth by hand, certified mail, commercial delivery service, facsimile, or electronic means.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Charlie Schmidt — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26101678D
introduction - 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1500)
- 2026-02-05 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-03-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-09 Committee substitute printed 26109466D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1500ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 868 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/298bc502-ffd8-44eb-96bb-d560c3835f96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).