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type: "Bill"
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title: "Petition for appeal to Supreme Court; time period within which petition must be presented."
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description: "Authorizes the Supreme Court of Virginia to grant a 30-day extension of the deadline for presentation of the petition for appeal in all cases for good cause shown. Under current law, the Court may grant an extension in criminal cases only. The bill also expresses time periods, currently expressed as months, in an equivalent number of days to reduce ambiguity. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 947"
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citation: "Virginia SB 947 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-12-30"
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last_action: "2017-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c4913c-4304-4381-a3fa-d712304a353a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB947"
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source_hash: "5d735b9f8e45f6638c6b5cc3ade2b59589ff556533c8f964daff3629f9115226"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 947 (2017) — Petition for appeal to Supreme Court; time period within which petition must be presented.
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Authorizes the Supreme Court of Virginia to grant a 30-day extension of the deadline for presentation of the petition for appeal in all cases for good cause shown. Under current law, the Court may grant an extension in criminal cases only. The bill also expresses time periods, currently expressed as months, in an equivalent number of days to reduce ambiguity. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0652)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB947ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB947ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101705D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB947)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101705D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 652 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1c4913c-4304-4381-a3fa-d712304a353a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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