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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judges; maximum number in each judicial district and circuit."
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description: "Increases or decreases the maximum number of judges in select judicial districts and circuits to reflect the number of authorized judgeships recommended by the Supreme Court of Virginia in the 2017 \"Virginia Judicial Workload Assessment Report.\" This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 743"
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citation: "Virginia HB 743 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Courts of Record", "Judges", "Justices and Other Elective Officers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9ffdbbf-d01b-4d91-94fc-383f5edfa8f6"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB743"
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source_hash: "8b5723e7e3862ef63cdd0285e44073884e14e897139a6961ab3079b79fb9365a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 743 (2018) — Judges; maximum number in each judicial district and circuit.
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Increases or decreases the maximum number of judges in select judicial districts and circuits to reflect the number of authorized judgeships recommended by the Supreme Court of Virginia in the 2017 "Virginia Judicial Workload Assessment Report." This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB743ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB743ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101400D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB743)
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3. **House: Printed as engrossed 18101400D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB743E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
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- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101400D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-08** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2018-02-08** Engrossed by House as amended HB743E
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- **2018-02-08** Printed as engrossed 18101400D-E
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- **2018-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 126 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9ffdbbf-d01b-4d91-94fc-383f5edfa8f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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