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type: "Bill"
title: "Judges, substitute; powers and duties, entry of a final order."
description: "Substitute judges; powers and duties; entryof a final order. Gives a substitute judge the power to entera final order in any case heard by such substitute judge for a periodof 14 days after the date of a hearing of such case."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 60"
citation: "Virginia HB 60 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-12-03"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74839817-c433-4355-8d62-6d969a6800e7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB60"
source_hash: "e776e8003e74b7e7921cf84e151841e1e3ccd9257761fe3d40410dc8fc2f92eb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 60 (2020) — Judges, substitute; powers and duties, entry of a final order.
Substitute judges; powers and duties; entryof a final order. Gives a substitute judge the power to entera final order in any case heard by such substitute judge for a periodof 14 days after the date of a hearing of such case.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0118)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0118)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB60ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB60ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB60)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB60)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20 — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101589D `introduction`
- **2019-12-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB60)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB60ER)
- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 118 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74839817-c433-4355-8d62-6d969a6800e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).