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type: "Bill"
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title: "Summons for Unlawful Detainer form; plain English instructions for interpretation of form."
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description: "Summons for Unlawful Detainer form; plain English instructions for interpretation of form."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1996"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1996 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Herring"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-01-10"
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last_action: "2023-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/150d978f-8cef-4215-8a40-ec2ed60c2389"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1996"
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source_hash: "832ffe0dfe0e45f6b317c78858781fe8979772f1099654a92a06c38408453573"
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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 1996 (2023) — Summons for Unlawful Detainer form; plain English instructions for interpretation of form.
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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. **CHAP0447** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0447)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 23105393D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1996H1)
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3. **HB1996ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1996ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102270D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1996)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Herring — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102270D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-16** Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 4-N)
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- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute printed 23105393D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 23105393D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1996H1 `substitution`
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- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1996H1)
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- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-13** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1996ER) `passage`
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- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1996ER)
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- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 447 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447)
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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/150d978f-8cef-4215-8a40-ec2ed60c2389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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