HB 885 — Court Date Reminder Program; established, report.
VA 20261 session
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.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (15)
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — sponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lindsey Dougherty (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Margaret A. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua E. Thomas (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (21)
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Finance and Appropriations | — | va-leg |
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 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Joshua E. Thomas (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Lindsey Dougherty (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Margaret A. Franklin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | May Nivar (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Virgil Thornton (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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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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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Finance and Appropriations · va-leg