republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1470.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; submission of annual report."
description: "Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; submission of annual report. Provides that the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission shall submit its annual report to the Chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice on or before December 1 of each year. The bill further provides that no annual report shall be considered confidential following the submission of such report to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. Under current law, the Commission is required to publish its annual report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1470"
citation: "Virginia SB 1470 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51a96850-b7a3-405c-976d-a3d475c12a43"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1470"
source_hash: "a41303a58c3a4ff7163a51069825728801e20345a5b87d597c21136b2d06e817"
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 SB 1470 (2025) — Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; submission of annual report.

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; submission of annual report. Provides that the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission shall submit its annual report to the Chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice on or before December 1 of each year. The bill further provides that no annual report shall be considered confidential following the submission of such report to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. Under current law, the Commission is required to publish its annual report.

## 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/1023190.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072619.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1039693.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1040156.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062332.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25104655D `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1470)
- **2025-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Reading of amendments waived
- **2025-02-04** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-02-04** Printed as engrossed 25104655D-E
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1470)
- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1470ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1470)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 347 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51a96850-b7a3-405c-976d-a3d475c12a43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).