Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB 885
Court Date Reminder Program; established, report.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Patrick A. Hope (Democratic)
Cosponsors (14)
- Kathy K.L. Tran (Democratic)
- Virgil Thornton (Democratic)
- Joshua E. Thomas (Democratic)
- Charlie Schmidt
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (Democratic)
- May Nivar (Democratic)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (Democratic)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (Democratic)
- Margaret A. Franklin
- Lindsey Dougherty (Democratic)
- Rae Cousins (Democratic)
- Joshua G. Cole (Democratic)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE
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. 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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Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2026 Senate | Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 23, 2026 Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 13, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 9, 2026 House | Reported from Appropriations | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 9, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 4, 2026 House | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 2, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
Actions
- Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) - Feb 23, 2026 · Senate
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) - Feb 16, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice - Feb 16, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) - Feb 12, 2026 · House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute - Feb 12, 2026 · House
committee substitute agreed to - Feb 12, 2026 · House
Read second time - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Read first time - Feb 9, 2026 · House
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) - Feb 9, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) - Feb 9, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB885) - Feb 5, 2026 · House
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay - Feb 4, 2026 · House
Committee substitute printed 26106715D-H1 - Feb 4, 2026 · House
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) - Feb 2, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) - Feb 2, 2026 · House
House subcommittee offered - Jan 30, 2026 · House
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal - Jan 27, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB885) - Jan 13, 2026 · House
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice - Jan 13, 2026 · House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101227D