Virginia House Bill 437 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Security for appeal. Clarifies the difference between an appeal bond (a bond or irrevocable letter of credit conditioned upon paying the costs or fees incurred in the appellate court) and a suspending bond (a bond or irrevocable letter of credit suspending the judgment appealed) and the method for seeking modification of such bonds in the trial court or commission that entered the judgment appealed and in the appellate courts. The bill provides that a party seeking to modify the amount or other requirements of such bonds in an appellate court may do so by motion in addition to the current method of requesting such modification in a brief filed with the appellate court. The bill also allows the parties to agree to waive the requirement of a suspending bond or to agree to a suspending bond in an amount less than the compensatory damages awarded in the judgment. The bill further requires that the amount of the suspending bond include an amount equivalent to one year's interest calculated from the date of the notice of appeal using the statutory judgment rate of interest. The bill lastly provides that the effect of failing to perfect an appeal bond is governed by the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Security for appeal; clarifies difference between an appeal bond and a suspending bond, etc.

Del. George Loupassi [R]

2016-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-01		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178)
2016-03-01		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 178 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-02-25		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016
2016-02-25	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/25/16
2016-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2016-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB437ER)
2016-02-24	House	Enrolled
2016-02-22	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	Senate	Read third time
2016-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-17	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
2016-02-03	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-02	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-02	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-01	House	Read second time and engrossed
2016-01-29	House	Read first time
2016-01-27	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
2016-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2016-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2016-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100072D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	676.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	682	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB437
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB437+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB437ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0178+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0802V0023+HB0437
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H08V0008+HB0437
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0189+HB0437
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0243+HB0437
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0514HB0437+HB0437
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0524HB0437+HB0437