republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/sb-895.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interlocutory decrees or orders, certain; appeals."
description: "Interlocutory decrees or orders, certain; appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 895"
citation: "Virginia SB 895 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e1a86e-ff48-4b7f-a213-33a97a816d35"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB895"
source_hash: "ad3b3ae278b26e62df06305695bd8a0ac2cee72360d6ae8c5b75d93c145a503d"
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 SB 895 (2023) — Interlocutory decrees or orders, certain; appeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0742** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0742)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105256D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB895S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103149D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB895)
4. **SB895ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB895ER)
5. **SB895ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB895ER2)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Surovell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103149D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105256D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB895S1)
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105256D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB895S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) `committee-failure`
- **2023-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB895ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB895ER)
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB895ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 742 (effective 4/12/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4e1a86e-ff48-4b7f-a213-33a97a816d35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).