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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Injunctions; review by the Supreme Court of Virginia."
+description: "Injunctions; review by the Supreme Court of Virginia. Restores the Supreme Court of Virginia's jurisdiction over appeals of injunctions and orders granting or denying pleas of immunity. Under current law, injunctions must first be appealed to the Court of Appeals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 715"
+citation: "Virginia SB 715 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-01-21"
+last_action: "2022-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/283a6be1-684c-4232-9953-b40acabbf836"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB715"
+source_hash: "ff12e915021d475b10ddd96316f73216aa9e7f97b759aa87a8be7410ad71fde5"
+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 715 (2022) — Injunctions; review by the Supreme Court of Virginia.
+
+Injunctions; review by the Supreme Court of Virginia. Restores the Supreme Court of Virginia's jurisdiction over appeals of injunctions and orders granting or denying pleas of immunity. Under current law, injunctions must first be appealed to the Court of Appeals.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0307** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0307)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 22106453D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB715S1)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 22104872D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB715)
+4. **SB715ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB715ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (18-Y 2-N) — **18–2** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (78-Y 22-N) — **77–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104872D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2022-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2022-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2022-02-14** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute printed 22106453D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2022-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB715S1)
+- **2022-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-15** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2022-02-15** Committee substitute agreed to 22106453D-S1
+- **2022-02-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB715S1
+- **2022-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-15** Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) `passage`
+- **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`
+- **2022-02-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2022-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
+- **2022-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (18-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-01** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2022-03-01** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2022-03-01** Passed House with amendment (78-Y 22-N) `passage`
+- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Passage (78-Y 22-N)
+- **2022-03-03** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB715ER)
+- **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
+- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 307 (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/283a6be1-684c-4232-9953-b40acabbf836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+