State Government / Virginia / Legislation / SB 369
Civil actions; assignment as business litigation action; requirements. Allows counsel for any party or the judge of the circuit court initially assigned to certain civil actions to request to have such action assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia to have such civil action assigned as a business litigation action. The bill provides that an action to be eligible to be considered a business litigation action, the action shall (i) have a minimum amount in controversy of $1,000,000, (ii) present special complexity, including specialized issues or acute litigation management needs, and (iii) fall into one or more of several enumerated categories of civil actions. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
Latest development · Jul 21, 2026
Continued from last session
Civixly topics
Document type
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Continued from last session
Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB369)
Committee substitute printed 26106454D-S1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 1-N 2-A)
Senate committee offered
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101724D
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