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2009 SESSION

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SB 179 Judges; increases number in various general district courts.

Introduced by: Henry L. Marsh III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Number of district court judges.  Increases by one the number of general district court judges in the following districts: 2nd (Virginia Beach); 11th (Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Amelia, Powhatan); 15th (Fredericksburg, Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland); and 26th (Harrisonburg, Winchester, Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren); and increases by one the number of juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the following districts: 1st (Chesapeake); 11th (Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Amelia, Powhatan); 15th (Fredericksburg, Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland); 16th (Charlottesville, Madison, Greene, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Orange, Culpeper); 28th (Bristol, Smyth, Washington); and 29th (Tazewell, Buchanan, Russell, Dickenson). This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081660866  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments rejected

HISTORY

• 01/07/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081660866
• 01/07/08  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/16/08  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)
• 01/16/08  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 01/22/08  Senate: Reported from Finance (10-Y 6-N)
• 01/23/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/08  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/25/08  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/28/08  Senate: Read second time
• 01/28/08  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/29/08  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/30/08  Senate: Read second time
• 01/30/08  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 01/30/08  Senate: Amendment by Senator Norment rejected
• 01/30/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate
• 01/31/08  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
• 01/31/08  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/11/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/11/08  House: Read first time
• 02/11/08  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/14/08  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 02/15/08  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/08  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/19/08  House: Assigned App. sub: General Government (Abbitt)
• 02/27/08  House: Continued to 2009 in Appropriations by voice vote
• 12/04/08  House: Left in Appropriations