HB 221 — Appeals bond; indigent parties, appeal of unlawful detainer.

VA 20261 session

Requirement for appeals bond; indigent parties; appeal of unlawful detainer. Removes the requirement for an indigent defendant, as defined in the bill, to post an appeal bond in an unlawful detainer action appealed from the general district court.

Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter

Sponsors (2)

Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — sponsor
Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor

Action timeline (31)

2026-01-08 · house · H4020 —
2026-01-08 · house · H0801 —
2026-01-19 · house · H0812 —
2026-01-21 · house · H0817 —
2026-01-28 · house · H0807 —
2026-01-30 · house · H4110 —
2026-02-02 · house · H4120 —
2026-02-02 · house · H4212 —
2026-02-02 · house · H4602 —
2026-02-03 · house · H5000 —
2026-02-04 · senate · S4140 —
2026-02-04 · senate · S1301 —
2026-02-18 · senate · S1305 —
2026-02-20 · senate · S4150 —
2026-02-20 · senate · S4145 —
2026-02-20 · senate · S4160 —
2026-02-20 · senate · S4150 —
2026-02-20 · senate · S4160 —
2026-02-23 · senate · S4130 —
2026-02-23 · senate · S5100 —
2026-02-23 · senate · S4190 —
2026-02-23 · senate · S5100 —
2026-02-25 · house · H5610 —
2026-02-25 · house · H5601 —
2026-02-25 · house · H5620 —
2026-02-25 · senate · S5620 —
2026-03-10 · house · H7010 —
2026-03-10 · G7010 —
2026-04-13 · G7050 —
2026-04-13 · G7050 —
2026-04-13 · G9998 —

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Who matters on this bill

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#	Member	Role	Speeches	Voted	Score
1	Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA)	sponsor	0	—	5
2	Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA)	cosponsor	0	—	1

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Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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