HB 933 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 SB 283.

• Marcus B. Simon Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101390D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal · lower
4. Jan 28, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 28, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N) · lower
6. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
7. Feb 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106485D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Feb 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
12. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
13. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
14. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 5-N) · upper
16. Feb 19, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108204D-S1 · upper
17. Feb 20, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
18. Feb 20, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
19. Feb 20, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
20. Feb 23, 2026 Read third time · upper
21. Feb 23, 2026 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to · upper
22. Feb 23, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
23. Feb 23, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
24. Feb 25, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A) · lower
25. Mar 2, 2026 Enrolled · lower
26. Mar 2, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB933ER) · lower
27. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
28. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB933) · lower
32. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 241 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
33. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241) · 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
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Criminal Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Criminal Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML