republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-761.md

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Bill	Civil actions brought by warrant; extends date range for court appearance.	Civil actions brought by warrant or motion for judgment. Extends the date range during which a person against whom a civil claim is asserted is required to appear in court to answer the complaint from not more than 60 to not more than 90 days from the date the warrant is served on such person. The bill also extends the date range on which a plaintiff bringing an action by motion for judgment is required to make such motion from not more than 60 to not more than 90 days from the date the motion is served.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 761	Virginia SB 761 (2025)	bill		enacted	Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.	4	31	7	2024-12-12	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/c6563107-7c9b-4a53-b36c-f703b403e449	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB761	7521dd00a5fe6f130400418caa63834d73112ed4e17310b8854d16ae782946a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 761 (2025) — Civil actions brought by warrant; extends date range for court appearance.

Civil actions brought by warrant or motion for judgment. Extends the date range during which a person against whom a civil claim is asserted is required to appear in court to answer the complaint from not more than 60 to not more than 90 days from the date the warrant is served on such person. The bill also extends the date range on which a plaintiff bringing an action by motion for judgment is required to make such motion from not more than 60 to not more than 90 days from the date the motion is served.

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. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100417D filing, introduction
• 2024-12-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB761)
• 2025-01-13 Committee substitute printed 25104550D-S1 substitution
• 2025-01-13 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-14 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-14 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-15 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-01-15 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-16 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB761)
• 2025-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2025-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-13 Passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-18 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB761ER) passage
• 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB761)
• 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 349 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0349)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6563107-7c9b-4a53-b36c-f703b403e449. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).