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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	Administrative assistants; employees serving circuit court judges.	Judicial assistants. Provides that a judicialassistant serving a circuit court judge and whose position is fundedin whole or in part by a county or city shall serve at the pleasureand under the sole management and supervision of the presiding judgeof the circuit court.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1725	Virginia HB 1725 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeffrey L. Campbell	5	45	12	2020-01-17	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/3b7abcd4-0463-43e3-bf2c-86def1612264	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1725	5379bda9bcba74b657d8b3f057ce25d5ca669de36bcba812c2f171462eed44be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1725 (2020) — Administrative assistants; employees serving circuit court judges.

Judicial assistants. Provides that a judicialassistant serving a circuit court judge and whose position is fundedin whole or in part by a county or city shall serve at the pleasureand under the sole management and supervision of the presiding judgeof the circuit court.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1061) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1725ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1725S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1725H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (HB1725) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (11-Y 3-N) — 11–3 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — 1–98 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N) — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20105510D introduction
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1725)
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (11-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108661D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108661D-S1
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1725S1
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1725S1)
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-27 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-27 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108661D-S1 (1-Y 99-N)
• 2020-02-27 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
• 2020-03-02 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-03 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference substitute printed 20109324D-H1
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1725ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1061 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b7abcd4-0463-43e3-bf2c-86def1612264. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).