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type: "Bill"
title: "Subpoenas; release of witness."
description: "Subpoenas; release of witness. Makes the provisions governing a release of a witness from a subpoena applicable to a subpoena issued at the request of a party or by or at the request of an attorney representing a party. Under current law, these provisions apply to the release of a witness from an attorney-issued subpoena only. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1435"
citation: "Virginia HB 1435 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonita G. Anthony"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f836eebd-8655-47b7-a653-ce308fdd1336"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1435"
source_hash: "0ef4bf89f6e433107b988cc979c53b9fd9080cc46e7764484ce38fada8f07b8c"
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 1435 (2024) — Subpoenas; release of witness.
Subpoenas; release of witness. Makes the provisions governing a release of a witness from a subpoena applicable to a subpoena issued at the request of a party or by or at the request of an attorney representing a party. Under current law, these provisions apply to the release of a witness from an attorney-issued subpoena only. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0487** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0487)
2. **HB1435ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1435ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24102434D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1435)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bonita G. Anthony — primary (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 24102434D `introduction`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1435ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 487 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0487)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f836eebd-8655-47b7-a653-ce308fdd1336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).