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type: "Bill"
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title: "District courts; protective orders, civil cases appealed, notice of docketing."
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description: "Appeal from district court; civil cases; noticeof docketing. Provides that the clerk of the appellate courtto which a civil case is appealed shall provide notice of the docketingof such case to the appellee by certified mail and to the counselfor the parties by regular mail. The bill removes language allowingthe clerk to provide such notice by posting it on the front doorof the courtroom and instead states that notice shall be made inconformity with provisions for notice for service of process in allcivil cases."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 408"
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citation: "Virginia SB 408 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a476b11-a769-46ee-bfb6-09563615f858"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB408"
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source_hash: "51da0a1d599245b2c8ad3a414d5da57a0134f9e69fc9b3c16f190b6e14b8fab7"
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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 SB 408 (2020) — District courts; protective orders, civil cases appealed, notice of docketing.
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Appeal from district court; civil cases; noticeof docketing. Provides that the clerk of the appellate courtto which a civil case is appealed shall provide notice of the docketingof such case to the appellee by certified mail and to the counselfor the parties by regular mail. The bill removes language allowingthe clerk to provide such notice by posting it on the front doorof the courtroom and instead states that notice shall be made inconformity with provisions for notice for service of process in allcivil cases.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0905)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0905)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB408ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB408ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB408S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB408)
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4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB408S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB408S1)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103612D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20107785D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107785D-S1
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- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB408S1
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-21** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 905 (effective 7/1/20) `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/4a476b11-a769-46ee-bfb6-09563615f858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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