SB 896 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases.

Summary

Court of Appeals; procedure on appeal; criminal cases. Removes the requirement that a copy of a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals in a criminal case be mailed or delivered to the Attorney General. This bill is identical to HB 1553.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 5, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill converts the enrolled version of SB 896 into a chaptered act, making it official law. The substantive text of the statute remains unchanged; only formatting and chapter numbering were added during the final legislative process.

TECHNICAL

Added chapter number (Chapter 383) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to formally enact the bill as law.

Removed session header and approval status indicators that were present in the enrolled version but not needed in the final chaptered text.

Adjusted line breaks and spacing to match standard chaptered act formatting while preserving all original statutory language.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

Jan 24, 2025

D Democratic21

20 Yea 1

95% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 24, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 383 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB896ER)

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (95-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors