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Bill

Appeals of right in general district court; appeals of final orders or judgments.

Appeals of right in general district court;order or judgment altering prior final orders or judgments; separatenotices of appeal. Provides that there shall be an appeal ofright to a court of record from any order entered or judgment renderedin a general district court that alters, amends, overturns, or vacatesany prior final order entered or judgment rendered on any issuespreviously adjudicated on the merits in the prior proceeding. Thebill further provides that a party to an action in general districtcourt may file a separate notice of appeal relating to any other final order or judgment entered in an action by filing a notice of appealwithin the 10-day appeal of right time period, or within five businessdays after such notice of appeal is filed, whichever is later. Thisbill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 792

Virginia HB 792 (2020)

bill

enacted

Marcus B. Simon

2020-01-07

2020-04-10

openstates

ocd-bill/8cb609a5-4767-4e6f-9d65-a3413fa9e246

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB792

7e7135a4d1b550cd4587964d0e6ec3d62480be6003fbfe366994e361e81fb4b0

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

legislation

bill

us-va

Virginia HB 792 (2020) — Appeals of right in general district court; appeals of final orders or judgments.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1048) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB792ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB792S1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB792S1 (committee substitute) — source
HB792H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 98-N) — 2–97 (fail) · lower
VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104859D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
2020-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
2020-01-28 VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-12 Committee substitute printed 20108179D-S1 substitution
2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-17 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 20108179D-S1
2020-02-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB792S1
2020-02-17 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-19 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108179D-S1 (2-Y 98-N)
2020-02-19 VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 98-N)
2020-02-21 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21 Senate requested conference committee
2020-02-24 House acceded to request
2020-02-24 Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-25 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05 Conference substitute printed 20109463D-H1
2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1048 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8cb609a5-4767-4e6f-9d65-a3413fa9e246. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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