republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-761.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms."
description: "Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availabilityof complaint forms. Requires that any standard complaint formutilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission shall be madeavailable in paper form at every clerk's office in all courts acrossthe Commonwealth. The bill also requires that a sign be posted in all state courts of the Commonwealth, in a location accessible tothe public, detailing the availability and location of such form.Such sign shall also include information on how to access a downloadableelectronic version of the form, which shall be made available onthe official website of the judicial system of the Commonwealth,every individual appellate, circuit, general district, and juvenileand domestic relations district court website, if such website exists,and the website for the Division of Legislative Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 761"
citation: "Virginia HB 761 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99690cdc-335a-4fb0-a966-09184f11c4bf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB761"
source_hash: "170c3917fcbcd6fd8db8a3b1930604ac04bc6964d86c19f380b5468d8be829c0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 761 (2022) — Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms.

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availabilityof complaint forms. Requires that any standard complaint formutilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission shall be madeavailable in paper form at every clerk's office in all courts acrossthe Commonwealth. The bill also requires that a sign be posted in all state courts of the Commonwealth, in a location accessible tothe public, detailing the availability and location of such form.Such sign shall also include information on how to access a downloadableelectronic version of the form, which shall be made available onthe official website of the judicial system of the Commonwealth,every individual appellate, circuit, general district, and juvenileand domestic relations district court website, if such website exists,and the website for the Division of Legislative Services.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0588** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0588)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106113D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB761H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22106882D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB761S1)
4. **HB761ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB761ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102454D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB761)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate receded from substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 100-N) — **0–99** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102454D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB761)
- **2022-02-03** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-07** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Committee substitute printed 22106113D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB761H1)
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106113D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB761H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22106882D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22106882D-S1
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB761S1
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB761S1)
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-03** Senate substitute rejected by House 22106882D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
- **2022-03-03** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 100-N)
- **2022-03-07** Senate receded from substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB761ER)
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 588 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99690cdc-335a-4fb0-a966-09184f11c4bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).