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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 HB 1553. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 896 Virginia SB 896 (2025)
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Virginia SB 896 (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 HB 1553.

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

  • Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100245D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB896)
  • 2025-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-24 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-24 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-27 Engrossed by Senate
  • 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 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
  • 2025-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-07 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-10 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-10 Passed House (95-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-11 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-11 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB896ER) passage
  • 2025-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB896)
  • 2025-02-11 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-13 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 383 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cfa6a52c-87ea-4602-95eb-b1c3dab44dff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).