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type: "Bill"
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title: "Corporate officer; deposition witness."
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description: "Provides that when an officer, as defined in the bill, who is called as a deposition witness files a motion for a protective order because the discovery sought by the deposition is obtainable from some other source that is more convenient, less burdensome, or less expensive, the burden is on the party seeking the deposition to defeat such a motion by showing that (i) the officer's deposition is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, (ii) the officer may have personal knowledge of discoverable information that cannot be discovered through other means, and (iii) a deposition of a representative other than the officer or other methods of discovery are unsatisfactory, insufficient, or inadequate. This bill is identical to"
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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 2167"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2167 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher K. Peace"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/032c3848-22b9-4fbd-85d1-2618b6562405"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2167"
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source_hash: "1d99d4f22f8963c4959b790fa80bde73c4ea6f7d72a61ff193b5cb8a1436fd75"
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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 2167 (2019) — Corporate officer; deposition witness.
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Provides that when an officer, as defined in the bill, who is called as a deposition witness files a motion for a protective order because the discovery sought by the deposition is obtainable from some other source that is more convenient, less burdensome, or less expensive, the burden is on the party seeking the deposition to defeat such a motion by showing that (i) the officer's deposition is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, (ii) the officer may have personal knowledge of discoverable information that cannot be discovered through other means, and (iii) a deposition of a representative other than the officer or other methods of discovery are unsatisfactory, insufficient, or inadequate. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0009)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0009)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2167AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2167)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2167ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2167ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103758D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2167)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103758D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2167E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–3** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **30–10** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103758D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-14** 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 `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB2167E
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- **2019-01-24** Printed as engrossed 19103758D-E
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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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- **2019-02-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-05** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-05** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-05** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 6, 2019
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- **2019-02-06** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 13, 2019
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- **2019-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (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/032c3848-22b9-4fbd-85d1-2618b6562405`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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