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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	Judges; increases from six to seven the maximum number in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.	Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from six to seven the maximum number of authorized judges in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and is identical to SB 6.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 821	Virginia HB 821 (2022)	bill		enacted	Luke E. Torian	3	31	9	2022-01-12	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6ae52ebc-9945-4736-894f-c24a19b3a8ca	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB821	5130d5099ed847b42981925294a0c3e412751f80ff63a42458534503d3f12ada	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 821 (2022) — Judges; increases from six to seven the maximum number in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.

Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from six to seven the maximum number of authorized judges in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and is identical to SB 6.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0580 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB821ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100583D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Luke E. Torian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100583D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB821)
• 2022-02-03 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2022-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-04 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-21 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB821ER)
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 580 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ae52ebc-9945-4736-894f-c24a19b3a8ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).