republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-76.md

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Bill	Grand jury; clarifies oaths of foreman, jurors, and witnesses.	Foreman of grand jury; oaths of jurors and witnesses.Clarifies the oath of the foreman and other grand jurors. Thisbill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 76	Virginia HB 76 (2024)	bill		enacted	Vivian E. Watts	3	23	6	2023-12-26	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/769f8042-1066-409b-b0e0-57e54a9a6a99	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB76	d1fa6ae113952c9d7696272b0e07a962304a86bb14c648e8a12d56bd8310d6f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 76 (2024) — Grand jury; clarifies oaths of foreman, jurors, and witnesses.

Foreman of grand jury; oaths of jurors and witnesses.Clarifies the oath of the foreman and other grand jurors. Thisbill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0713 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB76ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101195D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-26 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101195D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-26 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB76ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 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 713 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/769f8042-1066-409b-b0e0-57e54a9a6a99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).