republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-431.md

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Bill	Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks, financial disclosure.	Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks; financial disclosure. Requires that prior to an appointment as a pro tempore judge, a person submit his fingerprints for a national and Virginia criminal history record search, submit to a search of the central registry maintained by the Department of Social Services for founded complaints of child abuse and neglect, and provide a written statement of economic interests. The bill prohibits any person with a criminal felony conviction from being appointed as a pro tempore judge.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 431	Virginia HB 431 (2024)	bill		enacted	Jonathan "Jed" Arnold	4	30	6	2024-01-08	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/89663a58-4b8c-41a2-8dcf-36980b96f887	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB431	630b07bbdf21ff621dcdc45e4cafa738eac7146592a598d7a54578994b99905a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 431 (2024) — Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks, financial disclosure.

Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks; financial disclosure. Requires that prior to an appointment as a pro tempore judge, a person submit his fingerprints for a national and Virginia criminal history record search, submit to a search of the central registry maintained by the Department of Social Services for founded complaints of child abuse and neglect, and provide a written statement of economic interests. The bill prohibits any person with a criminal felony conviction from being appointed as a pro tempore judge.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0723 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB431ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101634D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24101634D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101634D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Assigned Courts sub: Judicial referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB431)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB431E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24101634D-E
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB431E)
• 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
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB431ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB431ER)
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 723 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89663a58-4b8c-41a2-8dcf-36980b96f887. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).