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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal."
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description: "Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal. Increases the cap currently in place for suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit for appellants during the pendency of an appeal of a civil action from $25 million to $50 million. The bill also requires, beginning April 1, 2031, and at each five-year interval ending on April 1 thereafter, this monetary cap to be adjusted to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor."
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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: "HB 1111"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1111 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Phil M. Hernandez"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17600c49-92d0-46df-bd08-eb76b5791e42"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1111"
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source_hash: "9b1cc7bf2fd5fd6b375531730e45637eec20911edabcd3c0849453504460ec1a"
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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 1111 (2026) — Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal.
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Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal. Increases the cap currently in place for suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit for appellants during the pendency of an appeal of a civil action from $25 million to $50 million. The bill also requires, beginning April 1, 2031, and at each five-year interval ending on April 1 thereafter, this monetary cap to be adjusted to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
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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/1087464.PDF)
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2. **Civil Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135458.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142396.PDF)
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4. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1207008.HTML)
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5. **Senator Surovell Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1205781.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213492.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **63–35** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **17–23** (fail) · upper
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- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **68–28** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104801D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-09** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107507D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (69-Y 28-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-09** Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Defeated by Senate (17-Y 23-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-11** Reconsideration of Senate passage rejected by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-11** Reading of amendment not waived
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- **2026-03-11** Senator Surovell Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Blank Action
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- **2026-03-12** Senate amendment agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1111ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/17600c49-92d0-46df-bd08-eb76b5791e42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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