VA SB590 | 2019 | Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill 590 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Scope of discovery; deposing certain corporate officers. Provides that parties to a civil action may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject matter and proportional to the needs of the case. The bill states that a determination of whether discovery is unduly burdensome or expensive shall include consideration of whether the burden or expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefits.

Title

Scope of discovery; deposing certain corporate officers.

Roll Calls

2018-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-11-30	Senate	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-01-17	Senate	Continued to 2019 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100629D

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	420.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	420.4:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB590
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB590+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03C0057+SB0590