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type: "Bill"
title: "Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1553"
citation: "Virginia HB 1553 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wren M. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-19"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/408b9ddd-47c5-47f8-bb03-aa5e5d9087a2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1553"
source_hash: "ea954f109e6668a148357ce2a8ffc1a3fef2e8c14ef21e6cdd5cfafb3e31ec97"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1011547.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073433.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046090.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/408b9ddd-47c5-47f8-bb03-aa5e5d9087a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).