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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 HB 821.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 6	Virginia SB 6 (2022)	bill		enacted	Scott A. Surovell	3	26	8	2021-11-29	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/d2f501cc-ed95-4e2d-9c0e-27faf0b13076	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB6	ca2d48db74bc23d781bbe94190cfe7770c64214c47ea37a0f1583641f2d42392	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 6 (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 HB 821.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0579 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100512D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB6ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) — 35–4 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — 35–5 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) — 12–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
• Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
• Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100512D introduction
• 2021-11-29 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB6)
• 2022-02-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-07 Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-07 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-07 Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) passage
• 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-28 Enrolled
• 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB6ER)
• 2022-02-28 Signed by President
• 2022-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 579 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2f501cc-ed95-4e2d-9c0e-27faf0b13076. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).