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type: "Bill"
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title: "Deferral of jury service; persons who have legal custody/responsibility for care of a child."
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description: "Provides that a court may defer or limit jury service of persons who have legal custody of and are responsible for a child or children 16 years of age or younger requiring continuous care by such person during normal court hours to the term of court next after such period of responsibility ends. Under current law, persons with such responsibility are exempt upon request, but no provision is given for the court to defer such person's jury service until after such period of responsibility ends."
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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 1814"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1814 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Minors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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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: "2018-12-31"
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last_action: "2019-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fce6ab5b-aa0f-4d97-9131-2bad1eda0360"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1814"
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source_hash: "9dd539ed462b0a411e318b36245d9f45d390ee3f3f85ab1f683435ba1dd29bf4"
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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 1814 (2019) — Deferral of jury service; persons who have legal custody/responsibility for care of a child.
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Provides that a court may defer or limit jury service of persons who have legal custody of and are responsible for a child or children 16 years of age or younger requiring continuous care by such person during normal court hours to the term of court next after such period of responsibility ends. Under current law, persons with such responsibility are exempt upon request, but no provision is given for the court to defer such person's jury service until after such period of responsibility ends.
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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 (CHAP0518)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0518)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1814ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1814ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100437D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1814)
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4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107089D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1814S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **12–3** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107089D-S1 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100437D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2019-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 19107089D-S1
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- **2019-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1814S1
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- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107089D-S1 (97-Y 0-N 1-A)
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- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
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- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 518 (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/fce6ab5b-aa0f-4d97-9131-2bad1eda0360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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