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type: "Bill"
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title: "Appeals; procedure on appeal, payment of expenses."
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description: "Appeals; procedure on appeal. Provides an appellate court with discretion in assessing attorney fees, costs, and necessary expenses against an indigent defendant when the conviction of the defendant is upheld on appeal. Under current law, the appellate court must assess such fees, costs, and expenses against an indigent defendant when the conviction of the defendant is upheld on appeal.Finally, the bill also provides that a panel of the Court of Appeals may dispense with oral argument if such panel unanimously decides that such oral argument is unnecessary because the facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the briefs and the record such that the decisional process would not be significantly aided by oral argument and provides that this provision shall expire on June 30, 2027, unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 999"
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citation: "Virginia SB 999 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e78153af-9b3f-47d2-97ab-99f97391df0a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB999"
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source_hash: "37f49e8e7e3b40a98032e984aec6798ed76d4bab82f10fe3f3ebeddce6022788"
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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 999 (2025) — Appeals; procedure on appeal, payment of expenses.
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Appeals; procedure on appeal. Provides an appellate court with discretion in assessing attorney fees, costs, and necessary expenses against an indigent defendant when the conviction of the defendant is upheld on appeal. Under current law, the appellate court must assess such fees, costs, and expenses against an indigent defendant when the conviction of the defendant is upheld on appeal.Finally, the bill also provides that a panel of the Court of Appeals may dispense with oral argument if such panel unanimously decides that such oral argument is unnecessary because the facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the briefs and the record such that the decisional process would not be significantly aided by oral argument and provides that this provision shall expire on June 30, 2027, unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly.
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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/1014754.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079171.PDF)
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3. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074747.PDF)
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4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073898.HTML)
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5. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075550.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062247.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) — **32–8** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N) — **11–3** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 3-N 1-A) — **10–3** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104339D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB999)
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 3-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
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- **2025-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-07** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB999ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB999)
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (SB999S1)
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- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
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- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (SB999ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 612 (Effective 07/01/2025 - see bill) `became-law`
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- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612)
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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/e78153af-9b3f-47d2-97ab-99f97391df0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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