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type: "Bill"
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title: "Appeals bond; indigent parties, appeal of unlawful detainer."
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description: "Requirement for appeals bond; indigent parties; appeal of unlawful detainer. Removes the requirement for an indigent defendant, as defined in the bill, to post an appeal bond in an unlawful detainer action appealed from the general district court."
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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 221"
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citation: "Virginia HB 221 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-08"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25d625ff-37e5-4bb6-a7fd-fc4094d9eb74"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB221"
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source_hash: "daf9b7a6902fe3104401c56e27ba776fee2c699b50e03c8e64733e3762bb42cf"
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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 221 (2026) — Appeals bond; indigent parties, appeal of unlawful detainer.
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Requirement for appeals bond; indigent parties; appeal of unlawful detainer. Removes the requirement for an indigent defendant, as defined in the bill, to post an appeal bond in an unlawful detainer action appealed from the general district court.
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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/1083155.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218842.PDF)
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3. **Civil Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1092966.HTML)
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4. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100133.HTML)
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5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103166.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177974.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–3** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — **13–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsider R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–17** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **20–17** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101270D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (13-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB221ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 579 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579)
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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/25d625ff-37e5-4bb6-a7fd-fc4094d9eb74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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