Virginia Senate Bill 811 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 30 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Appeal of interlocutory orders. Restores the Court of Appeals' jurisdiction over appeals of orders granting or denying a plea of sovereign, absolute, or qualified immunity. Under current law, such orders are appealable to the Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill also directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to promulgate rules consistent with the provisions of the bill by July 1, 2023. Appeal of interlocutory orders. Restores the Court of Appeals' jurisdiction over appeals of orders granting or denying a plea of sovereign, absolute, or qualified immunity. Under current law, such orders are appealable to the Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill also directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to promulgate rules consistent with the provisions of the bill by July 1, 2023.

Interlocutory orders, certain; jurisdiction of appeals, immunity.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2023-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) (Y: 26 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 3-N) (Y: 9 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2023-02-10	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-31	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB811S1
2023-01-30	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105257D-S1
2023-01-30	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-01-30	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105257D-S1
2023-01-25	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 3-N)
2023-01-20	Senate	Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
2022-12-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2022-12-13	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101533D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	1	405	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	626	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	670.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	675.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB811
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB811+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB811S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105257D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB811F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB811FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0072+SB0811
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0133SB0811+SB0811
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0168SB0811+SB0811
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0802V0083+SB0811