---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marsh Criminal-Traffic Division/Manchester General District Court, etc.; concurrent jurisdiction."
description: "Clarifies that the Marsh Criminal-Traffic Division at Manchester General District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the John Marshall Criminal-Traffic Division at the Richmond General District Court over all matters arising in the City of Richmond. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1742"
citation: "Virginia HB 1742 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Courts Not of Record"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dawn M. Adams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-20"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9c466bf-8515-4d61-ae1a-409d8292a3db"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1742"
source_hash: "1af4ed64b041d1e75725baef861c100edc66fb1a7e1bb466169d8e7dbb235151"
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 1742 (2019) — Marsh Criminal-Traffic Division/Manchester General District Court, etc.; concurrent jurisdiction.

Clarifies that the Marsh Criminal-Traffic Division at Manchester General District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the John Marshall Criminal-Traffic Division at the Richmond General District Court over all matters arising in the City of Richmond. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0321)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1742ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1742ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101095D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1742)
4. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1742ASE)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Rosalyn R. Dance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101095D `introduction`
- **2018-12-20** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-18** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 321 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9c466bf-8515-4d61-ae1a-409d8292a3db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).