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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Failure to appear; contempt of court, penalties."
+description: "Penalties for failure to appear; contempt. Provides that any person (i) charged with any offense or (ii) convicted of any offense and execution of sentence is suspended who willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required is guilty of contempt punishable by a fine of no more than $100 or imprisonment of no more than two days, either or both. Under current law, such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony, if charged with a felony, or a Class 1 misdemeanor, if charged with a misdemeanor, for such a violation. The bill excludes from such penalty persons who are incarcerated, in the custody of a law-enforcement officer at the time such person is required to appear, or has a matter scheduled to appear before another court and appears before such court on the same date. The bill provides that if a person does not appear in court as required, the court shall first issue a rule to show cause summons returnable at a future date for such person's appearance, and if such person fails to appear at the show cause hearing, the court may issue a capias."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1114"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1114 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-01-10"
+last_action: "2024-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a08984a1-47c8-460e-ac8a-55c314d3ef20"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1114"
+source_hash: "1f5373bd20b4576b588a1d7d34a68337168c9b3bbbf4dfe30ba6f1d85c6e1363"
+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 1114 (2024) — Failure to appear; contempt of court, penalties.
+
+Penalties for failure to appear; contempt. Provides that any person (i) charged with any offense or (ii) convicted of any offense and execution of sentence is suspended who willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required is guilty of contempt punishable by a fine of no more than $100 or imprisonment of no more than two days, either or both. Under current law, such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony, if charged with a felony, or a Class 1 misdemeanor, if charged with a misdemeanor, for such a violation. The bill excludes from such penalty persons who are incarcerated, in the custody of a law-enforcement officer at the time such person is required to appear, or has a matter scheduled to appear before another court and appears before such court on the same date. The bill provides that if a person does not appear in court as required, the court shall first issue a rule to show cause summons returnable at a future date for such person's appearance, and if such person fails to appear at the show cause hearing, the court may issue a capias.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0109)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 24106788D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1114H1)
+3. **Committee substitute printed 24107874D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1114S1)
+4. **HB1114ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1114ER)
+5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104876D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1114)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N) — **50–46** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 42-N) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
+- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
+- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104876D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-30** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) `substitution`
+- **2024-02-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute printed 24106788D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 24106788D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1114H1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1114H1)
+- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-19** Committee substitute printed 24107874D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2024-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 24107874D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1114S1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1114S1)
+- **2024-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107874D-S1 (54-Y 42-N) `substitution`
+- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 42-N)
+- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1114ER) `passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1114ER)
+- **2024-03-02** 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`
+- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 109 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-20** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0109)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a08984a1-47c8-460e-ac8a-55c314d3ef20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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