---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jury service; exempts clerk of circuit court and circuit court clerk deputies."
description: "Exemption from jury service; clerk of circuit court; circuit court clerk deputies. Automatically exempts the elected clerk of any circuit court and such clerk's deputies from serving on juries in civil and criminal cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2536"
citation: "Virginia HB 2536 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90010847-f829-4b8e-9c3d-b25d12f7cba3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2536"
source_hash: "b636044bebe8233e02e96d5b5d74b2ea86535f747086dc73f1ad161d69035297"
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 2536 (2025) — Jury service; exempts clerk of circuit court and circuit court clerk deputies.

Exemption from jury service; clerk of circuit court; circuit court clerk deputies. Automatically exempts the elected clerk of any circuit court and such clerk's deputies from serving on juries in civil and criminal cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017300.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071218.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066558.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104715D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2536ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 92 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0092)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90010847-f829-4b8e-9c3d-b25d12f7cba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).