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2017 SESSION

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HB 1737 Civilian employees and foreign service officers; personal jurisdiction over a person, domicile, etc.

Introduced by: Christopher E. Collins | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Personal jurisdiction over a person; domicile and residential requirements for suits for annulment, affirmance, or divorce; civilian employees and foreign service officers. Extends to all civilian employees of the United States, where current law applies to foreign service officers, certain requirements for a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a person stationed in a territory or foreign country and establishing domicile in the Commonwealth for the purposes of an annulment, affirmance, or divorce. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/17  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100386D  pdf
• 02/23/17  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1737ER)  pdf
• 03/13/17  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0480)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/17  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100386D
• 01/07/17  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/13/17  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
• 01/23/17  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/17  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/17  House: Read first time
• 02/01/17  House: Read second time
• 02/01/17  House: Passed by temporarily
• 02/01/17  House: Engrossed by House
• 02/02/17  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/17  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/17  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/03/17  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/15/17  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/17  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/17  Senate: Read third time
• 02/20/17  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/17  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/17  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/17  House: Enrolled
• 02/23/17  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1737ER)
• 02/23/17  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/24/17  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/28/17  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 02/28/17  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 03/13/17  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 480 (effective 7/1/17)
• 03/13/17  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0480)