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2024 SESSION

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SB 710 Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.

Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Maximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twentieth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the First, Ninth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuits. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill incorporates SB 686 and is identical to HB 310.

FULL TEXT

• 01/19/24  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24103420D  pdf
• 02/05/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106222D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/16/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107801D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB710ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0606)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate amendments not adopted
• Conference amendments

HISTORY

• 01/19/24  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24103420D
• 01/19/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/05/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/05/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106222D-S1
• 02/05/24  Senate: Incorporates SB686 (McPike)
• 02/05/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/07/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/08/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/09/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106222D-S1
• 02/09/24  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/09/24  Senate: Amendment by Senator Obenshain rejected (19-Y 21-N)
• 02/09/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB710S1
• 02/12/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/24  House: Read first time
• 02/15/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/16/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107801D-H1
• 02/16/24  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
• 02/16/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/21/24  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/24  House: Read second time
• 02/26/24  House: Read third time
• 02/26/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107801D-H1
• 02/26/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB710H1
• 02/26/24  House: Passed House with substitute (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/24  House: VOTE: Passage (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/24  Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (19-Y 20-N)
• 02/29/24  House: House insisted on substitute
• 02/29/24  House: House requested conference committee
• 03/04/24  Senate: Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/04/24  Senate: Senators: Deeds, Carroll Foy, Obenshain
• 03/05/24  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/05/24  House: Delegates: Hope, Simon, Green
• 03/06/24  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/06/24  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/24  House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB710ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
• 03/27/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/05/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 606 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0606)