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Bill	Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.	Maximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twentieth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the First, Ninth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuits. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill incorporates HB 154 and HB 717 and is identical to SB 710.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 310	Virginia HB 310 (2024)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	5	60	14	2024-01-05	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/8979583b-4605-4f65-8d5c-dbc87d3bdea6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB310	d39624fa9bac20b1781eac205b8d6f44a7ec0631f555142d558cc633874ab53e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 310 (2024) — Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.

Maximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twentieth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the First, Ninth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuits. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill incorporates HB 154 and HB 717 and is identical to SB 710.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0525 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107130D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108305D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB310ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103271D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Committee substitute agreed to 24108305D-S1 (20-Y 19-N) — 20–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N) — 1–94 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103271D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB310)
• 2024-02-02 Assigned Courts sub: Judicial referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107130D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Incorporates HB154 (Green)
• 2024-02-07 Incorporates HB717 (Torian)
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB310H1)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107130D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB310H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-21 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-27 Committee substitute printed 24108305D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB310S1)
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Committee amendment rejected amendment-failure
• 2024-02-28 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 24108305D-S1 (20-Y 19-N) substitution
• 2024-02-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB310S1 substitution
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 Senate substitute rejected by House 24108305D-S1 (1-Y 94-N)
• 2024-03-01 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N)
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-03-05 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 House acceded to request
• 2024-03-06 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-06 Delegates: Hope, Callsen, Batten
• 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-07 Senators: Deeds, Carroll Foy, Obenshain
• 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB310ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB310ER)
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 525 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8979583b-4605-4f65-8d5c-dbc87d3bdea6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).