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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contempt of court; willful failure to appear."
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description: "Provides that contempt of court for willful failure to appear may be punished summarily. The bill also requires judges to indicate, in writing, the reason for a charge and punishment of contempt when punished summarily. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2452"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2452 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Crimes and Offenses Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-09"
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last_action: "2019-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/309990c0-bae8-4831-bec3-9c9e7f6bb467"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2452"
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source_hash: "b40f7c4d7a18ab4767ac29608a4a3152bd0655d148468e976708f0eab2608d3c"
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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 HB 2452 (2019) — Contempt of court; willful failure to appear.
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Provides that contempt of court for willful failure to appear may be punished summarily. The bill also requires judges to indicate, in writing, the reason for a charge and punishment of contempt when punished summarily. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0708)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2452AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2452)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2452ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2452ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104039D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2452)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19104039D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2452E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Les R. Adams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104039D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-15** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB2452E
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- **2019-01-24** Printed as engrossed 19104039D-E
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-13** Passed by for the day
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- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
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- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 708 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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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/309990c0-bae8-4831-bec3-9c9e7f6bb467`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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