republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-710.md

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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 SB 686 and is identical to HB 310.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 710	Virginia SB 710 (2024)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	5	52	12	2024-01-19	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/6917c0e9-bd88-42f2-aaa1-4556ed518af0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB710	af2598247a01ae9760993e7a186a226bd556c7f3529aeae4d208b6a2862ad6a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 710 (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 SB 686 and is identical to HB 310.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0606 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106222D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24107801D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24103420D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB710ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House substitute rejected by Senate (19-Y 20-N) — 19–20 (fail) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Amendment by Senator Obenshain rejected (19-Y 21-N) — 19–21 (fail) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (95-Y 0-N) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
• Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24103420D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute printed 24106222D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Incorporates SB686 (McPike)
• 2024-02-05 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB710S1)
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106222D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-09 Amendment by Senator Obenshain rejected (19-Y 21-N) amendment-failure
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB710S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Committee substitute printed 24107801D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB710H1)
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 24107801D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB710H1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Passed House with substitute (95-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 VOTE: Passage (95-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 House substitute rejected by Senate (19-Y 20-N)
• 2024-02-29 House insisted on substitute substitution
• 2024-02-29 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-04 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-04 Senators: Deeds, Carroll Foy, Obenshain
• 2024-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-05 Delegates: Hope, Simon, Green
• 2024-03-06 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-06 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-06 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB710ER) 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
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB710ER)
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 606 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0606)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6917c0e9-bd88-42f2-aaa1-4556ed518af0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).