§ 17.1-905 Annual report
On or before December 1 of each year, the Commission shall submit to the Chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice a report detailing the activities of the Commission for the prior year. The report shall include the number of complaints filed with the Commission; the number of complaints originating from attorneys, judges, court employees, or the general public; the number of complaints dismissed based on (i) failure to fall within the jurisdiction of the Commission, (ii) failure to state a violation of the Canons of Judicial Conduct, or (iii) failure of the Commission to reach a conclusion that the Canons were breached; the number of complaints for which the Commission concluded that the Canons of Judicial Conduct were breached; and the number of cases from which the staff or any member of the Commission recused himself due to an actual or possible conflict. The report shall also include (a) the name of any judge who the Commission concluded breached the Canons of Judicial Conduct and took disciplinary action against as a result of such conclusion, if the date on which the Commission reached such conclusion was after the previous annual report was published; (b) the specific Canons of Judicial Conduct breached by such judge; and (c) the disciplinary action taken against such judge by the Commission. No annual report shall be considered confidential following the submission of such report to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. The decision of whether to release such annual report publicly shall be made by the General Assembly.
History
This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 914 and 921 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapter 844; in 2023, chapter 700; in 2025, chapter 347.
1997, cc. 914, 921, § 2.1-37.8:1; 2001, c. 844; 2023, c. 700; 2025, c. 347.