---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court of Appeals; appeal of interlocutory orders."
description: "Court of Appeals; appeal of interlocutory orders. Provides that certain interlocutory orders shall not be appealableto the Court of Appeals unless the circuit court grants a party's motion to certify such order for interlocutory appeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 509"
citation: "Virginia SB 509 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c55f9e7-e686-4da8-9169-998a2922ed3e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB509"
source_hash: "11066262c0029e7a87ccf53d286b6f84e0d487472601a6cdae61cebfe44fe815"
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 509 (2024) — Court of Appeals; appeal of interlocutory orders.

Court of Appeals; appeal of interlocutory orders. Provides that certain interlocutory orders shall not be appealableto the Court of Appeals unless the circuit court grants a party's motion to certify such order for interlocutory appeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0424** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0424)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100357D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB509)
3. **SB509ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB509ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100357D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-16** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB509ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 424 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c55f9e7-e686-4da8-9169-998a2922ed3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).