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type: "Bill"
title: "Augusta County and City of Staunton; temporary location of district courts."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 929"
citation: "Virginia SB 929 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ceb3b36-227d-4e2f-8625-86716c9db42d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB929"
source_hash: "228e0f2b25e9df4107c6246981b6ab466737ffafca295283fe319478afa0b5b6"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0652)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB929ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB929ER)
3. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB929ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB929)
## Votes
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ceb3b36-227d-4e2f-8625-86716c9db42d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).