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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks, financial disclosure."
+description: "Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks; financial disclosure. Requires that prior to an appointment as a pro tempore judge, a person submit his fingerprints for a national and Virginia criminal history record search, submit to a search of the central registry maintained by the Department of Social Services for founded complaints of child abuse and neglect, and provide a written statement of economic interests. The bill prohibits any person with a criminal felony conviction from being appointed as a pro tempore judge."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 431"
+citation: "Virginia HB 431 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan \"Jed\" Arnold"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-08"
+last_action: "2024-04-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89663a58-4b8c-41a2-8dcf-36980b96f887"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB431"
+source_hash: "630b07bbdf21ff621dcdc45e4cafa738eac7146592a598d7a54578994b99905a"
+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 HB 431 (2024) — Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks, financial disclosure.
+
+Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks; financial disclosure. Requires that prior to an appointment as a pro tempore judge, a person submit his fingerprints for a national and Virginia criminal history record search, submit to a search of the central registry maintained by the Department of Social Services for founded complaints of child abuse and neglect, and provide a written statement of economic interests. The bill prohibits any person with a criminal felony conviction from being appointed as a pro tempore judge.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0723** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0723)
+2. **HB431ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB431ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101634D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB431)
+4. **Printed as engrossed 24101634D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB431E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101634D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** Assigned Courts sub: Judicial `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
+- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB431)
+- **2024-02-09** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB431E
+- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24101634D-E
+- **2024-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB431E)
+- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB431ER) `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB431ER)
+- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 723 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89663a58-4b8c-41a2-8dcf-36980b96f887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+