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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: "SB 525"
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citation: "Virginia SB 525 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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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/c4499fb6-af00-4242-9bcc-b2001d5ce1d3"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB525"
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source_hash: "0a14d137205b7291910abd7d2565946ee4a68e093337d9b1d5146fcc02eaa488"
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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 SB 525 (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. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB525ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB525ER)
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2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101399D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB525)
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3. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 18101399D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB525E)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance with amendment — **15–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (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 18101399D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-24** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-08** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2018-02-08** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2018-02-08** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB525E
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- **2018-02-08** Printed as engrossed 18101399D-E
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- **2018-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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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 135 (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/c4499fb6-af00-4242-9bcc-b2001d5ce1d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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