                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ANNUAL REPORT (§ 17.1-905)

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: 1997, cc. 914, 921, § 2.1-37.8:1; 2001, c. 844; 2023, c. 700; 2025, c.
347.