Judge; Second Judicial Circuit, resident judge in Counties of Accomack and Northampton.
Summary
Judge; Second Judicial Circuit; resident judge in Counties of Accomack and Northampton. Requires that one judge from the Second Judicial Circuit be a resident and domiciliary of the County of Accomack or Northampton and preside regularly in the Counties of Accomack and Northampton.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 26, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 7, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Jan 26, 2022
D
Democratic17
94% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 596 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB497E
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0-2)
senate
Jan 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101825D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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