republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1111.md

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Bill	Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal.	Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal. Increases the cap currently in place for suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit for appellants during the pendency of an appeal of a civil action from $25 million to $50 million. The bill also requires, beginning April 1, 2031, and at each five-year interval ending on April 1 thereafter, this monetary cap to be adjusted to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1111	Virginia HB 1111 (2026)	bill		enacted	Phil M. Hernandez	6	34	9	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/17600c49-92d0-46df-bd08-eb76b5791e42	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1111	9b1cc7bf2fd5fd6b375531730e45637eec20911edabcd3c0849453504460ec1a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1111 (2026) — Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal.

Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal. Increases the cap currently in place for suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit for appellants during the pendency of an appeal of a civil action from $25 million to $50 million. The bill also requires, beginning April 1, 2031, and at each five-year interval ending on April 1 thereafter, this monetary cap to be adjusted to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Civil Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Senator Surovell Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 17–5 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 63–35 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 17–23 (fail) · upper
• Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 68–28 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 9–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104801D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107507D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (69-Y 28-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Defeated by Senate (17-Y 23-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage rejected by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-11 Reading of amendment not waived
• 2026-03-11 Senator Surovell Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Blank Action
• 2026-03-12 Senate amendment agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1111ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17600c49-92d0-46df-bd08-eb76b5791e42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).