republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-929.md

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Bill	Augusta County and City of Staunton; temporary location of district courts.	Temporary location of district courts for AugustaCounty and the City of Staunton. Permits the Augusta CountyGeneral District Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court and the City of Staunton Juvenile and Domestic Relations DistrictCourt to sit and exercise full authority in Augusta County on theproperty on which sits the building formerly used as the Beverley Manor Elementary School. The bill provides that such courts shallcontinue to sit in such place until other court facilities have beenbuilt and fitted for occupation by such courts or until some otherplace or places are designated by order of the chief judge of theTwenty-Fifth Judicial Circuit.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 929	Virginia SB 929 (2020)	bill		enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	3	22	6	2020-01-10	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/8ceb3b36-227d-4e2f-8625-86716c9db42d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB929	228e0f2b25e9df4107c6246981b6ab466737ffafca295283fe319478afa0b5b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 929 (2020) — Augusta County and City of Staunton; temporary location of district courts.

Temporary location of district courts for AugustaCounty and the City of Staunton. Permits the Augusta CountyGeneral District Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court and the City of Staunton Juvenile and Domestic Relations DistrictCourt to sit and exercise full authority in Augusta County on theproperty on which sits the building formerly used as the Beverley Manor Elementary School. The bill provides that such courts shallcontinue to sit in such place until other court facilities have beenbuilt and fitted for occupation by such courts or until some otherplace or places are designated by order of the chief judge of theTwenty-Fifth Judicial Circuit.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB929ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB929ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
• R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-10 Presented and ordered printed 20104791D introduction
• 2020-01-10 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-23 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-27 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 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
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 652 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ceb3b36-227d-4e2f-8625-86716c9db42d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).