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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Judges; maximum number in each judicial district."
+description: "Judges; maximum number in each judicial district."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 816"
+citation: "Virginia SB 816 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stanley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-12-19"
+last_action: "2023-03-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aadbd8b0-6a6f-499d-b10e-ef52e4ef80b8"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB816"
+source_hash: "a47a094dd43bba6c99d48f50bd29cf63851c7c271f665b7bdee7198a489fc768"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 816 (2023) — Judges; maximum number in each judicial district.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0073)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102408D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB816)
+3. **SB816ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB816ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102408D `filing, introduction`
+- **2022-12-19** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB816)
+- **2023-01-16** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-16** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB816ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB816ER)
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 73 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0073)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aadbd8b0-6a6f-499d-b10e-ef52e4ef80b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+