Newbie question on resubmit of page not executing bean

I have a page where in the bean method I'm executing has validation code and when I go in and fix the validation error in my page and click submit again I am NOT getting to the bean in the <h:commandButton ...>

Here is my bean method that I'm calling:

public void createTransaction() {
		
		// Get selected dropdown values from submitted page
		String selectedFromAcctTypeID = getSelectedFromAcctTypeID().trim();
		String selectedToAcctTypeID = getSelectedToAcctTypeID().trim();
		String selectedReasonCodeID = getSelectedReasonCodeID().trim();
		
		int msgCount = 0;
		
		// Validation of required fields
		FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
		if (transaction.getFromAccountNumber() == null || transaction.getFromAccountNumber().isEmpty()) {
			context.addMessage("fromAccountNumber", new FacesMessage("From Account No. must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getToAccountNumber() == null || transaction.getToAccountNumber().isEmpty()) {
			context.addMessage("toAccountNumber", new FacesMessage("To Account No. must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getFromPatientName() == null || transaction.getFromPatientName().isEmpty()) {
			context.addMessage("fromPatientName", new FacesMessage("From Patient Name must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getToPatientName() == null || transaction.getToPatientName().isEmpty()) {
			context.addMessage("toPatientName", new FacesMessage("To Patient Name must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getFromUnitNumber() == null || transaction.getFromUnitNumber().isEmpty()) {
			context.addMessage("fromUnitNumber", new FacesMessage("From Unit No. must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getToUnitNumber() == null || transaction.getToUnitNumber().isEmpty()) {
			context.addMessage("toUnitNumber", new FacesMessage("To Unit No. must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getFromPlanCode() == null || transaction.getFromPlanCode().isEmpty()) {
			context.addMessage("fromPlanCode", new FacesMessage("From Plan Code must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getToPlanCode() == null || transaction.getToPlanCode().isEmpty()) {
			context.addMessage("toPlanCode", new FacesMessage("To Plan Code must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (selectedFromAcctTypeID.equalsIgnoreCase("0")) {
			context.addMessage("fromAccountTypes", new FacesMessage("From Account Type must be selected"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (selectedToAcctTypeID.equals("0")) {
			context.addMessage("toAccountTypes", new FacesMessage("To Account Type must be selected"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getFromServiceDate() == null) {
			context.addMessage("fromServiceDate", new FacesMessage("From Service Date must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getFromAccountAmt() == null); {
			context.addMessage("fromAccountAmt", new FacesMessage("From Account Amt must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getToAccountAmt() == null) {
			context.addMessage("toAccountAmt", new FacesMessage("To Account Amt must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getToFacilityCode() == null || transaction.getToFacilityCode().isEmpty()); {
			context.addMessage("toFacilityCode", new FacesMessage("To Facility Code must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (transaction.getToGLAccountNumber() == null || transaction.getToGLAccountNumber().isEmpty()); {
			context.addMessage("toGLAccountNumber", new FacesMessage("To GL Acct No. must be entered"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		if (selectedReasonCodeID.equals("0")); {
			context.addMessage("reasonCodes", new FacesMessage("Reason Code must be selected"));
			msgCount++;
		}
		int value = msgCount;
		if (msgCount == 0)
			transactionService.create(transaction);
	}

Here is my command button code:

Any help/direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Is this a matter of what is defined in the faces-config.xml file for my bean? Meaning the scope is defined as a session rather than a request? Should it be a request? Again, I'm am very new to JSF and unfortunately there does not appear to be a lot of support for this web framework out there.

A response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.