Appeals bond; removes requirement for indigent parties to post, appeal of unlawful detainer.
Summary
Requirement for appeals bond; indigent parties;appeal of unlawful detainer. Removes the requirement for an indigentdefendant in civil actions to post an appeal bond in any civil caseappealed from the general district court. The bill also removes provisionsof the Code allowing a plaintiff in an unlawful detainer case thathas been appealed to the circuit court to request the judge to ordera writ of eviction immediately upon entry of judgment for possession.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Vetoed
May 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Vetoed May 27, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 22, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
10
Committee
9
May 27, 2022
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House (60-Y 39-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB614H1
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22105639D-H1
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101404D
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Bourne
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Don Scott
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Jackie Glass
DDemocratic
Co
Jeion Ward
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Plum
DDemocratic
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