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Maximum number of judges on the Court of Appeals of Virginia; hearings en banc; summary disposition of certain civil cases. 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. Additionally, the bill permits the Court of Appeals to summarily affirm the decision below in certain civil cases.
Introduced
Jan 23, 2026
Last Action
Mar 9, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1485)
Committee substitute printed 26108371D-S1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read third time and passed House (84-Y 14-N 0-A)
committee amendment agreed to
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Read second time
Engrossed by House as amended
Read first time
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1485)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
Presented and ordered printed 26105533D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Patrick A. Hope