Court of Appeals of Virginia; Judicial Council of Virginia to study jurisdiction and organization.
Summary
Study; jurisdiction and organization of Courtof Appeals of Virginia; report. Requests the Judicial Councilof Virginia to study the jurisdiction and organization of the Courtof Appeals of Virginia and make recommendations on providing an appealof right from the circuit courts to the Court of Appeals and organizingthe Court of Appeals into four geographic circuits.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 3, 2020
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Jan 27, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 3, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (61-34-3)
Feb 27, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Rules (14-Y 4-N)
Feb 3, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
Jan 29, 2020
Senate · Passed
Read third time and agreed to by Senate by voice vote
Jan 24, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Rules
Jan 7, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
Jan 7, 2020
Senate · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104383D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
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