---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jury duty; increases allowance from $30 to $50 per day."
description: "Jury duty; increases allowance from $30 to $50 per day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2317"
citation: "Virginia HB 2317 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams Graves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b47708e7-9245-46bc-83a6-8be7ef800dd0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2317"
source_hash: "ebc226b308e2a7f46203fff4e260d23b81ebe893a6ea0f1db2da761f35b9a98e"
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 2317 (2023) — Jury duty; increases allowance from $30 to $50 per day.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0232** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0232)
2. **HB2317ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2317ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23103979D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2317)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23103979D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2317E)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams Graves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23103979D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2317)
- **2023-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-20** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB2317E
- **2023-02-02** Printed as engrossed 23103979D-E
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB2317E)
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-17** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- **2023-02-22** Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Spruill, Deeds, Stanley
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Williams Graves, Austin, Brewer
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2317ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB2317ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 232 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0232)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b47708e7-9245-46bc-83a6-8be7ef800dd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).