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2015 SESSION

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SB 1196 Judicial retirement; increases mandatory retirement age.

Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Mandatory judicial retirement. Increases the mandatory retirement age under the Judicial Retirement System from 70 years of age to 73 years of age. The provisions of this bill apply to justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia and judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia effective July 1, 2015, and only to those judges of the circuit, general district, and juvenile and domestic relations district courts who are elected or appointed to an original or subsequent term commencing on or after July 1, 2015. This bill incorporates SB 1324 and is identical to HB 1984.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100967D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/28/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104500D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/20/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15105383D-H1  pdf
• 02/27/15  Senate: Conference substitute printed 15105684D-S2  pdf | impact statement
• 03/06/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1196ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/30/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0773)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Conference amendments
• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/13/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100967D
• 01/13/15  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/28/15  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
• 01/28/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104500D-S1
• 01/28/15  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 01/29/15  Senate: Incorporates SB1324
• 02/04/15  Senate: Reported from Finance (11-Y 3-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/15  Senate: Read second time
• 02/06/15  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/06/15  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104500D-S1
• 02/06/15  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1196S1
• 02/09/15  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 10-N)
• 02/11/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/11/15  House: Read first time
• 02/11/15  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/11/15  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
• 02/11/15  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N)
• 02/20/15  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
• 02/20/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15105383D-H1
• 02/23/15  House: Read second time
• 02/24/15  House: Read third time
• 02/24/15  House: Committee substitute agreed to 15105383D-H1
• 02/24/15  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1196H1
• 02/24/15  House: Passed House with substitute (82-Y 13-N)
• 02/24/15  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (82-Y 13-N)
• 02/25/15  Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N)
• 02/26/15  House: House insisted on substitute
• 02/26/15  House: House requested conference committee
• 02/26/15  Senate: Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/15  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 02/26/15  Senate: Senators: Norment, Saslaw, Stuart
• 02/26/15  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 02/26/15  House: Delegates: Leftwich, Albo, Toscano
• 02/27/15  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 02/27/15  Senate: Conference substitute printed 15105684D-S2
• 02/27/15  House: Conference report agreed to by House (83-Y 10-N)
• 02/27/15  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (83-Y 10-N)
• 02/27/15  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 6-N)
• 03/06/15  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/06/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1196ER)
• 03/06/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/10/15  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
• 03/10/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 03/27/15  Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 04/14/15  Senate: Placed on Calendar
• 04/15/15  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 04/15/15  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (31-Y 8-N)
• 04/15/15  House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (27-Y 63-N 1-A)
• 04/15/15  House: VOTE: REJECTED (27-Y 63-N 1-A)
• 04/15/15  Senate: Communicated to Governor
• 04/30/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 773 (effective 7/1/15)
• 04/30/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0773)