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Bill Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition. Expresses the time frame within which petitions for appeal from a final judgment of a trial court or the State Corporation Commission to the Supreme Court shall be filed, currently expressed in months, in an equivalent number of days. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 946 Virginia SB 946 (2017)
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Virginia SB 946 (2017) — Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition.

Expresses the time frame within which petitions for appeal from a final judgment of a trial court or the State Corporation Commission to the Supreme Court shall be filed, currently expressed in months, in an equivalent number of days. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB946ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104522D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101703D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 140 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 90 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 1000 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101703D introduction
  • 2016-12-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2017-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 17104522D-S1
  • 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB946S1
  • 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
  • 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
  • 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 651 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b12a6337-b211-41a0-b211-792036eac8d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).