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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protective orders, preliminary; full hearing date if an act of God causes closure of a court, etc."
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description: "Provides that if a court is lawfully closed and such closure prevents the full hearing for a preliminary protective order from being held within 15 days of the issuance of the preliminary order, the hearing shall be held on the next day not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which the court is lawfully closed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1673"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1673 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-12-03"
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last_action: "2019-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3ca65e4-11b2-4504-9bb0-6a1f0f52fc45"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1673"
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source_hash: "7ac36b1aa280c7131afd3299441ed0e212568e69a44f7f286f7cd3eefa473268"
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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 1673 (2019) — Protective orders, preliminary; full hearing date if an act of God causes closure of a court, etc.
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Provides that if a court is lawfully closed and such closure prevents the full hearing for a preliminary protective order from being held within 15 days of the issuance of the preliminary order, the hearing shall be held on the next day not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which the court is lawfully closed.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0197)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1673ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1673ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100681D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1673)
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4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106489D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1673S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106489D-S1 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- **2018-12-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100681D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-07** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2019-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 19106489D-S1
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- **2019-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1673S1
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- **2019-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-13** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106489D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-15** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
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- **2019-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 7/1/19) `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/d3ca65e4-11b2-4504-9bb0-6a1f0f52fc45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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