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Bill	Contempt of court; willful failure to appear.	Provides that contempt of court for willful failure to appear may be punished summarily. The bill also requires judges to indicate, in writing, the reason for a charge and punishment of contempt when punished summarily. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2452	Virginia HB 2452 (2019)	bill	Courts Not of Record Crimes and Offenses Generally	enacted	Les R. Adams	6	19	6	2019-01-09	2019-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/309990c0-bae8-4831-bec3-9c9e7f6bb467	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2452	b40f7c4d7a18ab4767ac29608a4a3152bd0655d148468e976708f0eab2608d3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2452 (2019) — Contempt of court; willful failure to appear.

Provides that contempt of court for willful failure to appear may be punished summarily. The bill also requires judges to indicate, in writing, the reason for a charge and punishment of contempt when punished summarily. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2452ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104039D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19104039D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Les R. Adams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104039D introduction
• 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-15 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB2452E
• 2019-01-24 Printed as engrossed 19104039D-E
• 2019-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-28 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Passed by for the day
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled
• 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 708 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/309990c0-bae8-4831-bec3-9c9e7f6bb467. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).