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type: "Bill"
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title: "Penalties for failure to appear; definition, contempt."
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description: "Penalties for failure to appear; contempt. Provides that a court shall consider certain mitigating factors to determine whether the failure of any person to appear before any court or judicial officer as required was willful. Under current law, no mitigating factors are specified for a court or judicial officer to consider in determining whether a person willfully failed to appear. This bill is identical to HB 933."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 283"
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citation: "Virginia SB 283 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4a29e4-c84a-4e78-896c-08f449110c26"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB283"
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source_hash: "0c7aaa3081b25ffd377fa15263448de5c50d800484aa3af9a193aaeac475ee1f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 283 (2026) — Penalties for failure to appear; definition, contempt.
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Penalties for failure to appear; contempt. Provides that a court shall consider certain mitigating factors to determine whether the failure of any person to appear before any court or judicial officer as required was willful. Under current law, no mitigating factors are specified for a court or judicial officer to consider in determining whether a person willfully failed to appear. This bill is identical to HB 933.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1088538.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217053.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143302.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198824.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- S VOTE: — **3–12** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **64–35** (pass) · lower
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- S VOTE: — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101354D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Racial and Ethnic Impact Statement From JLARC (1/27/2026 3:08 pm)
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- **2026-02-11** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute printed 26107528D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB283)
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB283)
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 242 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4a29e4-c84a-4e78-896c-08f449110c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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