VirginiaCourt Date Reminder Program; established, report.
What it does
Court Date Reminder Program established. Establishes a Court Date Reminder Program, to be developed or procured by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, for the purpose of reminding criminal defendants to appear at each of their scheduled court appearances. The bill directs the Program to send a text message notification to any defendant with a criminal case in general district court or circuit court for whom the court has a telephone number prior to any scheduled hearing that requires his appearance and allows a defendant to opt out of participating in the Program.
More detail
The Program has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.The bill also directs the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to convene a Court Date Reminder Program work group to advise on the implementation and expansion of the Program and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice by December 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 21Continued from last sessionLatest
- Mar 3Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- Feb 23Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 16Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 16Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 13Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed House
- Feb 12Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 12committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 11Read first timeMinor
- Feb 9Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 9Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- Feb 9Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB885)
- Feb 5Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital OutlayMinor
- Feb 4Committee substitute printed 26106715D-H1Major
- Feb 4Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 2Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 2House subcommittee offered
- Jan 30Assigned HCJ sub: CriminalMinor
- Jan 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB885)
- Jan 13Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101227DIntroduced