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type: "Bill"
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title: "Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth."
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description: "Provides that certain investigators employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth or by the Indigent Defense Commission while engaged in the performance of their official duties shall not be considered a party or otherwise interested in the subject matter in controversy and, thus, are authorized to serve process, provided that the sheriff in the jurisdiction where process is to be served has agreed 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: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 1511"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1511 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-18"
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last_action: "2018-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa1b51d-a61e-4d4d-9c1f-82ce9f02b98a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1511"
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source_hash: "3bf5ea61bd1f8a1b5a15396a8b9f1e94d02c303e6a90e6a1e53f6d7904006589"
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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 HB 1511 (2018) — Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth.
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Provides that certain investigators employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth or by the Indigent Defense Commission while engaged in the performance of their official duties shall not be considered a party or otherwise interested in the subject matter in controversy and, thus, are authorized to serve process, provided that the sheriff in the jurisdiction where process is to be served has agreed 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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1511ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1511ER)
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2. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18105171D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1511)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107241D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1511S1)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107241D-S1 — **95–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **25–15** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 18105171D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-23** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2018-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 18107241D-S1
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- **2018-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1511S1
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- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107241D-S1 (95-Y 2-N)
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 238 (effective 7/1/18) `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/6aa1b51d-a61e-4d4d-9c1f-82ce9f02b98a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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