republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-1553.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases.	Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases. Removes the requirement that a copy of a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals in a criminal case be mailed or delivered to the Attorney General. This bill is identical to SB 896.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 1553	Virginia HB 1553 (2025)	bill		enacted	Wren M. Williams	3	26	6	2024-11-19	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/408b9ddd-47c5-47f8-bb03-aa5e5d9087a2	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1553	ea954f109e6668a148357ce2a8ffc1a3fef2e8c14ef21e6cdd5cfafb3e31ec97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1553 (2025) — Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases.

Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases. Removes the requirement that a copy of a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals in a criminal case be mailed or delivered to the Attorney General. This bill is identical to SB 896.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wren M. Williams — primary (person)
• Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy P. Griffin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-11-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100244D filing, introduction
• 2024-11-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1553)
• 2025-01-12 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-17 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2025-01-23 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-01-24 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-07 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-07 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-12 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1553ER) passage
• 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1553)
• 2025-02-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-15 Signed by President passage
• 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 367 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/408b9ddd-47c5-47f8-bb03-aa5e5d9087a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).