---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel."
description: "Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 784"
citation: "Virginia SB 784 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Locke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-10-07"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/152c8fd6-925a-4397-a9ee-25c45dc5cae1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB784"
source_hash: "3e33599e11eadd92437b26225dcb58d683d072478054eef4c80c8113aec7731c"
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 784 (2023) — Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0552** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0552)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104597D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB784S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23105585D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB784S2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100206D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB784)
5. **SB784ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB784ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Locke — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-10-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100206D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-10-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23104597D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105585D-S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB784S2)
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Judiciary Committee substitute rejected 23104597D-S1
- **2023-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105585D-S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB784S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB784ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB784ER)
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/152c8fd6-925a-4397-a9ee-25c45dc5cae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).