republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-638.md

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Bill	Jury service; increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from service upon request.	Exemptions from jury service upon request; age. Increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from jury service upon request. This bill is identical to HB 156.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 638	Virginia SB 638 (2024)	bill		enacted	Emily M. Jordan	3	23	6	2024-01-10	2024-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/4ecbf560-fb0f-45ad-a8dc-ccfe3ef04c61	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB638	5675efbf3990944f0cb5f1e630c4e33c99f779966201aef99abfc1a437a35597	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 638 (2024) — Jury service; increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from service upon request.

Exemptions from jury service upon request; age. Increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from jury service upon request. This bill is identical to HB 156.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0072 (committee substitute) — source
2. Presented and ordered printed 24104405D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB638ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Presented and ordered printed 24104405D introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB638ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 72 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-14 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0072)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ecbf560-fb0f-45ad-a8dc-ccfe3ef04c61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).