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Bill Judges; increases maximum number in judicial district. Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases from 11 to 12 the maximum number of authorized general district court judgeships in the nineteenth judicial district. The Committee on District Courts recommended the additional judgeship in 2018. This bill is identical to HB 275. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 209 Virginia SB 209 (2020)
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Virginia SB 209 (2020) — Judges; increases maximum number in judicial district.

Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases from 11 to 12 the maximum number of authorized general district court judgeships in the nineteenth judicial district. The Committee on District Courts recommended the additional judgeship in 2018. This bill is identical to HB 275.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB209ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB209) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) — 202 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N) — 908 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)
  • Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102142D introduction
  • 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
  • 2020-01-15 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-15 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB209)
  • 2020-01-30 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2020-02-24 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-27 Passed House (91-Y 8-N) passage
  • 2020-02-27 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N)
  • 2020-03-04 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB209ER)
  • 2020-03-05 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 586 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b68c3a7f-4786-4549-b2a3-00b5e942c1d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).