SB 793 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Court of Appeals of Virginia; increases maximum number of judges, hearings en banc.

Summary

Maximum number of judges on the Court of Appeals of Virginia; hearings en banc. Increases from 17 to 21 the maximum number of authorized judges on the Court of Appeals of Virginia. The bill provides that the Supreme Court of Virginia shall prescribe by rule the number of judges needed for the Court of Appeals to sit en banc, and that such number shall not be fewer than 13 judges.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Feb 11, 2026

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Introduced → Courts of Justice Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard introduced bill format to a substitute amendment format prepared by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice. No substantive policy changes were made to the actual legislative content regarding the Court of Appeals of Virginia.

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Document header changed from 'Introduced' to 'Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute' with committee attribution and patron information updated to reflect Senate Committee for Courts of Justice processing.

Page numbering and line formatting were restructured to match standard substitute amendment markup conventions used in Virginia legislative documents.

Minor text corrections including changing 'Chairmen Chairs' to 'Chairmen' in one instance and adjusting spacing around section headers.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)

upper

Feb 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate committee offered

upper

Jan 23, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 26106064D

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors