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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail bondsman; surrender of principal, deposit."
description: "Bail bondsman; surrender of principal, deposit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2659"
citation: "Virginia HB 2659 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4475add3-e1de-4ac1-84c7-4f7c2ee6187e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2659"
source_hash: "0b5cdab80ac62617fe47eed7f0abf51a38ee569c308c249f867185fc0693e11a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2659 (2019) — Bail bondsman; surrender of principal, deposit.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0205)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2659ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2659ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103714D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2659)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **80** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **180** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 19103714D `introduction`
- **2019-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 205 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4475add3-e1de-4ac1-84c7-4f7c2ee6187e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).