---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges, retired, etc.; increases per diem compensation for substitute judges."
description: "Judges, retired, etc.; increases per diem compensation for substitute judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1486"
citation: "Virginia SB 1486 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morrissey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db75dfd-183f-4c05-a54e-1d2079e01e5e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1486"
source_hash: "e26a0f5fbc13049a8ffa7909790b2efdfdd6c6020c6c11890ecd210fbd044096"
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 1486 (2023) — Judges, retired, etc.; increases per diem compensation for substitute judges.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0328** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0328)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105846D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1486S1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104084D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1486)
4. **SB1486ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1486ER)
5. **SB1486ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1486ES1)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morrissey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 23104084D `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB1486)
- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105846D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB1486S1)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105846D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1486ES1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23105846D-ES1
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1486ES1)
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** 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)
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Appropriations (22-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 (SB1486ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1486ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 328 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4db75dfd-183f-4c05-a54e-1d2079e01e5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).