republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-525.md

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Bill	Judges; maximum number in each judicial district and circuit.	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	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 525	Virginia SB 525 (2018)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	3	20	6	2018-01-09	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/c4499fb6-af00-4242-9bcc-b2001d5ce1d3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB525	0a14d137205b7291910abd7d2565946ee4a68e093337d9b1d5146fcc02eaa488	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 525 (2018) — Judges; maximum number in each judicial district and circuit.

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

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB525ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101399D (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Printed as engrossed 18101399D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 10–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 17–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance with amendment — 15–1 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101399D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-08 Reading of amendment waived
• 2018-02-08 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-08 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB525E
• 2018-02-08 Printed as engrossed 18101399D-E
• 2018-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 135 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4499fb6-af00-4242-9bcc-b2001d5ce1d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).