Virginia Senate Bill 545 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1049)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Appeals of right in general district court; appeals of final orders or judgments entered in the same action or related action. Provides that there shall be an appeal of right to a court of record from any order entered or judgment rendered in a general district court that alters, amends, overturns, or vacates any prior final order. The bill further provides that if any party timely notices such an appeal, such notice of appeal shall be deemed a timely notice of appeal by any other party on a final order or judgment entered in the same or a related action arising from the same conduct, transaction, or occurrence as the underlying action.

Appeals of right in general district court; appeals of final orders or judgments.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) (Y: 0 N: 38 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1049)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1049 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB545ER)
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05	House	Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Conference substitute printed 20109638D-S2
2020-03-05		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05	House	Delegates: Bourne, Simon, Campbell, J.L.
2020-03-05	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-03	Senate	Senators: Edwards, Petersen, Chafin
2020-03-03	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	House	House requested conference committee
2020-03-02	House	House insisted on substitute
2020-02-28	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB545H1
2020-02-26	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108555D-H1
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-24	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-21	House	Read second time
2020-02-19	House	Committee substitute printed 20108555D-H1
2020-02-19	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2020-02-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-02-14	House	Read first time
2020-02-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB545S1
2020-02-10	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20107586D-S1
2020-02-10	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-10	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20107586D-S1
2020-02-05	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
2020-01-24	Senate	Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102378D

HB792 (Same As) 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1048)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	106	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB545
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB545+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB545S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB545H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB545S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB545ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1049+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0203+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0410SB0545+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0487SB0545+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0491SB0545+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0492SB0545+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0337+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1525+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1233SB0545+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1429SB0545+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1958+SB0545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1772SB0545+SB0545