republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-928.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Substitute judges.	Substitute judges.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 928	Virginia SB 928 (2017)	bill	Courts Not of Record Judges Justices and Other Elective Officers	enacted	J. Chapman Petersen	3	16	6	2016-12-27	2017-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/90376c66-43ef-498e-83e1-a772a463dbc0	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB928	32ad4b0d822da7f45a0deec155eaf914744045448c40f095e6f7f1e79fa3db9d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 928 (2017) — Substitute judges.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB928ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101892D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 16–5 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 93–7 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–2 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101892D introduction
• 2016-12-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Passed House (93-Y 7-N) passage
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 650 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90376c66-43ef-498e-83e1-a772a463dbc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).