Judges; maximum number in each judicial district and circuit.
Summary
Increases or decreases the maximum number of judges in select judicial districts and circuits to reflect the number of authorized judgeships recommended by the Supreme Court of Virginia in the 2017 "Virginia Judicial Workload Assessment Report." This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Signed into Law
Mar 2018
Introduced Jan 9, 2018
Signed Mar 2, 2018
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2018
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Mar 2, 2018
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 135 (effective - see bill)
executive
Feb 19, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 19, 2018
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (98-0)
house of delegates
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB525E
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Jan 24, 2018
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101399D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
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