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2023 SESSION
SB 784 Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel.
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel. Provides that the prohibition on a retired justice or judge appearing as counsel in any court in the Commonwealth shall not apply when either (i) (a) the retired judge or justice has been retired for at least two years; (b) the retired justice or judge is appearing as counsel, pro bono, for an indigent person in a civil matter; (c) such civil matter is assigned or referred to the retired justice or judge by a nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the Virginia State Bar; and (d) the retired justice or judge is not an employee, officer, or board member of such nonprofit legal aid program or (ii) the retired justice or judge is at least 67 years of age and is eligible to receive full Social Security benefits.
FULL TEXT
- 10/07/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100206D pdf
- 01/25/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104597D-S1 pdf
- 02/01/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105585D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB784ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 10/07/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100206D
- 10/07/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/25/23 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104597D-S1
- 01/25/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/01/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105585D-S2
- 02/01/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/23 Senate: Judiciary Committee substitute rejected 23104597D-S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105585D-S2
- 02/03/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB784S2
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/23 House: Read first time
- 02/09/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/13/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Read second time
- 02/23/23 House: Read third time
- 02/23/23 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB784ER)
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/26/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)