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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 914<\/a> and 921<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d 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 \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 700<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 347<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1391081,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350232,"identifier":"17.1-905","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-905","url":"\/17.1-905\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-905\/","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-905","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annual report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-905","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

On or before December 1 of each year, the Commission<\/span> shall submit to the Chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Committees for Courts<\/span> of Justice a report detailing the activities of the Commission<\/span> for the prior year. The report shall include the number of complaints filed with the Commission<\/span>; the number of complaints originating from attorneys, judges<\/span>, court<\/span> employees, or the general public; the number of complaints dismissed based on (i) failure to fall within the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commission<\/span>, (ii) failure to state a violation of the Canons of Judicial Conduct, or (iii) failure of the Commission<\/span> to reach a conclusion that the Canons were breached; the number of complaints for which the Commission<\/span> concluded that the Canons of Judicial Conduct were breached; and the number of cases from which the staff or any member of the Commission<\/span> recused himself due to an actual or possible conflict. The report shall also include (a) the name of any judge<\/span> who the Commission<\/span> 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<\/span> reached such conclusion was after the previous annual report was published; (b) the specific Canons of Judicial Conduct breached by such judge<\/span>; and (c) the disciplinary action taken against such judge<\/span> by the Commission<\/span>. No annual report shall be considered confidential following the submission of such report to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts<\/span> of Justice. The decision of whether to release such annual report publicly shall be made by the General Assembly.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNUAL REPORT (\u00a7 17.1-905)\n\nOn or before December 1 of each year, the Commission shall submit to the\nChairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of\nJustice a report detailing the activities of the Commission for the prior year.\nThe report shall include the number of complaints filed with the Commission; the\nnumber of complaints originating from attorneys, judges, court employees, or the\ngeneral public; the number of complaints dismissed based on (i) failure to fall\nwithin the jurisdiction of the Commission, (ii) failure to state a violation of\nthe Canons of Judicial Conduct, or (iii) failure of the Commission to reach a\nconclusion that the Canons were breached; the number of complaints for which the\nCommission concluded that the Canons of Judicial Conduct were breached; and the\nnumber of cases from which the staff or any member of the Commission recused\nhimself due to an actual or possible conflict. The report shall also include (a)\nthe name of any judge who the Commission concluded breached the Canons of\nJudicial Conduct and took disciplinary action against as a result of such\nconclusion, if the date on which the Commission reached such conclusion was\nafter the previous annual report was published; (b) the specific Canons of\nJudicial Conduct breached by such judge; and (c) the disciplinary action taken\nagainst such judge by the Commission. No annual report shall be considered\nconfidential following the submission of such report to the Chairmen of the\nHouse and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. The decision of whether to\nrelease such annual report publicly shall be made by the General Assembly.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 914, 921, \u00a7 2.1-37.8:1; 2001, c. 844; 2023, c. 700; 2025, c.\n347.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}