republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-545.md

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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; separate notices 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 otherfinal order or judgment entered in an action by filing a notice ofappeal within the 10-day appeal of right time period, or within fivebusiness days after such notice of appeal is filed, whichever islater.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 545	Virginia SB 545 (2020)	bill		enacted	John S. Edwards	6	44	11	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/50ec2732-0ef4-42ae-86b9-bc29084996bb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB545	e1a3f75f4ddbc8fbb3271c4c6b7c2199bf3fa76ec5d935e73d7b758ac80a9e11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 545 (2020) — 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; separate notices 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 otherfinal order or judgment entered in an action by filing a notice ofappeal within the 10-day appeal of right time period, or within fivebusiness days after such notice of appeal is filed, whichever islater.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1049) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB545ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB545H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB545S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB545S1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB545S2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — 0–38 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• John S. Edwards — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102378D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-01-24 Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107586D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107586D-S1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB545S1
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108555D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-25 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108555D-H1
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB545H1
• 2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
• 2020-03-02 House insisted on substitute
• 2020-03-02 House requested conference committee
• 2020-03-03 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference substitute printed 20109638D-S2
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (99-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 1049 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50ec2732-0ef4-42ae-86b9-bc29084996bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).