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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bail and recognizance; appeal of conviction."
+description: "Bail and recognizance; appeal of conviction. Provides that the court shall not require any new bond for the release of a person who has been convicted of an offense in a district court and has noted an appeal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 2652"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2652 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Will Davis"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-01-14"
+last_action: "2025-03-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d5942e3-379e-4f59-bb85-53b51de752b3"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2652"
+source_hash: "cb2c45037472a9086ca3232694b7729fba3050c961f9b64e5fe6f1aabae49bf8"
+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 2652 (2025) — Bail and recognizance; appeal of conviction.
+
+Bail and recognizance; appeal of conviction. Provides that the court shall not require any new bond for the release of a person who has been convicted of an offense in a district court and has noted an appeal.
+
+## 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/1020491.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072474.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057155.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Will Davis — primary (person)
+- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 25104187D `introduction`
+- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2652)
+- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
+- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
+- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2652ER) `passage`
+- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2652)
+- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 305 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d5942e3-379e-4f59-bb85-53b51de752b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+