republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-679.md

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Bill	Magistrates; certain minimum standards for security and accessibility in quarters.	Quarters for magistrates; certain minimum standards for security and accessibility. Establishes certain minimum standards for ensuring security and accessibility in quarters for magistrates. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and is identical to SB 386.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 679	Virginia HB 679 (2024)	bill		enacted	James A. "Jay" Leftwich	3	24	5	2024-01-09	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/73868552-2ce0-45f9-a0e9-6f012a29c078	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB679	8ede22656efd7a5bc2d73d1673669b37d8c77d0b9fbd6f16c18649d34cbcfef1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 679 (2024) — Magistrates; certain minimum standards for security and accessibility in quarters.

Quarters for magistrates; certain minimum standards for security and accessibility. Establishes certain minimum standards for ensuring security and accessibility in quarters for magistrates. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and is identical to SB 386.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0201 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB679ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101197D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101197D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB679)
• 2024-02-02 Assigned Courts sub: Judicial referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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 Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB679ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB679ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 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
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 201 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73868552-2ce0-45f9-a0e9-6f012a29c078. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).