---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonsuits; appeals from judgment of a general district court."
description: "Nonsuits; appeals from judgment of a general district court; emergency. Permits a plaintiff to nonsuit a claim appealed from a general district court in a circuit court. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 782"
citation: "Virginia HB 782 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wren M. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a87f592-0cad-4fa2-b1ed-b17e95b2ebe2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB782"
source_hash: "10a4aa03e4e54da80ac9152c90943dd516ed22bafa1986e73c747ab0bfe3293e"
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 782 (2022) — Nonsuits; appeals from judgment of a general district court.

Nonsuits; appeals from judgment of a general district court; emergency. Permits a plaintiff to nonsuit a claim appealed from a general district court in a circuit court. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. The bill contains an emergency clause.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0206** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0206)
2. **HB782ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB782ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101573D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB782)

## Votes

- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 1-N) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wren M. Williams — primary (person)
- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101573D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2022-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-04** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-23** Emergency clause added
- **2022-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 4/8/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a87f592-0cad-4fa2-b1ed-b17e95b2ebe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).