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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases."
+description: "Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases. Removes the requirement that a copy of a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals in a criminal case be mailed or delivered to the Attorney General. This bill is identical to SB 896."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1553"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1553 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wren M. Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-11-19"
+last_action: "2025-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/408b9ddd-47c5-47f8-bb03-aa5e5d9087a2"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1553"
+source_hash: "ea954f109e6668a148357ce2a8ffc1a3fef2e8c14ef21e6cdd5cfafb3e31ec97"
+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 1553 (2025) — Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases.
+
+Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases. Removes the requirement that a copy of a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals in a criminal case be mailed or delivered to the Attorney General. This bill is identical to SB 896.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1011547.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073433.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046090.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wren M. Williams — primary (person)
+- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy P. Griffin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100244D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-11-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1553)
+- **2025-01-12** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-01-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-23** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2025-01-24** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-07** Rules suspended
+- **2025-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-02-07** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-12** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-02-12** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1553ER) `passage`
+- **2025-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1553)
+- **2025-02-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-02-15** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2025-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 367 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/408b9ddd-47c5-47f8-bb03-aa5e5d9087a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+