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type: "Bill"
title: "Clerk of the court; copies of appointment order to counsel."
description: "Copies of orders to counsel. Provides thatthe clerk of the court shall provide a copy of the appointment orderof a qualified expert to an indigent defendant or his attorney andto the appointed expert. The bill also provides that the chief judgeof each juvenile and domestic relations district court may provide for an alternative means of copying and distributing certain juvenileinvestigative reports or evaluations to counsel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 392"
citation: "Virginia SB 392 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a74d54e4-c36e-42e7-a3bc-d2fb7d03d59b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB392"
source_hash: "57a006d08a79c16b9d7afb7a3a43aa11dee0921913a367afe682d3a3fec31c86"
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 SB 392 (2022) — Clerk of the court; copies of appointment order to counsel.
Copies of orders to counsel. Provides thatthe clerk of the court shall provide a copy of the appointment orderof a qualified expert to an indigent defendant or his attorney andto the appointed expert. The bill also provides that the chief judgeof each juvenile and domestic relations district court may provide for an alternative means of copying and distributing certain juvenileinvestigative reports or evaluations to counsel.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0543** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0543)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100037D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB392)
3. **SB392ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB392ER)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100037D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB392)
- **2022-01-24** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2022-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-27** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB392ER)
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 543 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a74d54e4-c36e-42e7-a3bc-d2fb7d03d59b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).