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2022 SPECIAL SESSION I


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6004
Election of Supreme Court of Virginia Justices, a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, a Circuit Court Judge, and a General District Court Judge.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 17, 2022
Agreed to by the Senate, June 17, 2022

 

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed this day

To the election of Supreme Court of Virginia justices for terms of twelve years commencing as follows:

One justice, term commencing August 1, 2022.

One justice, term commencing July 1, 2022.

To the election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia judge for a term of eight years commencing July 1, 2022.

To the election of a Circuit Court judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing August 1, 2022.

To the election of a General District Court judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District for a term of six years commencing August 1, 2022.

And that in the execution of the joint order nominations shall be made in the order herein named, and that each house shall be notified of said nominations, and when the rolls shall be called for the whole number, the presiding officers of each house shall appoint a committee of three, which together shall constitute the joint committee to count the vote of each house in each case and report the results to their respective houses. The joint order may be suspended by the presiding officer of either house at any time but for no longer than twenty-four hours to receive the report of the joint committee.