SB 283 VA

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Penalties for failure to appear; contempt. Provides that a court shall consider certain mitigating factors to determine whether the failure of any person to appear before any court or judicial officer as required was willful. Under current law, no mitigating factors are specified for a court or judicial officer to consider in determining whether a person willfully failed to appear. This bill is identical to HB 933.

• Lashrecse D. Aird Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101354D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
3. Jan 27, 2026 Racial and Ethnic Impact Statement From JLARC (1/27/2026 3:08 pm) · upper
4. Feb 11, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) · upper
6. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107528D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB283) · upper
8. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
9. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · upper
12. Feb 16, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
14. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
15. Feb 24, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
16. Feb 24, 2026 Read first time · lower
17. Feb 24, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
18. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) · lower
19. Mar 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
20. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · lower
21. Mar 4, 2026 Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
22. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled · upper
23. Mar 10, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER) · upper
24. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
25. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by President · upper
26. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB283) · upper
27. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
28. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
29. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 242 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
30. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML