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type: "Bill"
title: "City of Richmond general district court; concurrent criminal jurisdiction."
description: "Provides that the separate division of the City of Richmond general district court that is operated south of the James River shall have concurrent jurisdiction over criminal matters arising in that part of the city, not exclusive jurisdiction over such matters. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1273"
citation: "Virginia SB 1273 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts Not of Record"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c315353-dd93-4e3d-ad25-d7f643016926"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1273"
source_hash: "0f6b4b68e34af5bc933054c0b64b14583b636dea5372b20bd505f7643892dcea"
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 1273 (2017) — City of Richmond general district court; concurrent criminal jurisdiction.
Provides that the separate division of the City of Richmond general district court that is operated south of the James River shall have concurrent jurisdiction over criminal matters arising in that part of the city, not exclusive jurisdiction over such matters. 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 (CHAP0225)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0225)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1273ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1273ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100739D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1273)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **210** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Rosalyn R. Dance — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100739D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 225 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c315353-dd93-4e3d-ad25-d7f643016926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).