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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 710"
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citation: "Virginia SB 710 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2024-01-19"
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last_action: "2024-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6917c0e9-bd88-42f2-aaa1-4556ed518af0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB710"
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source_hash: "af2598247a01ae9760993e7a186a226bd556c7f3529aeae4d208b6a2862ad6a3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 710 (2024) — Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0606** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0606)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106222D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB710S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24107801D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB710H1)
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4. **Presented and ordered printed 24103420D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB710)
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5. **SB710ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB710ER)
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## Votes
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- House substitute rejected by Senate (19-Y 20-N) — **19–20** (fail) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Amendment by Senator Obenshain rejected (19-Y 21-N) — **19–21** (fail) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
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- Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24103420D `introduction`
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- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute printed 24106222D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Incorporates SB686 (McPike)
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- **2024-02-05** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB710S1)
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24106222D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2024-02-09** Amendment by Senator Obenshain rejected (19-Y 21-N) `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB710S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Committee substitute printed 24107801D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB710H1)
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- **2024-02-21** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Committee substitute agreed to 24107801D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB710H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed House with substitute (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** House substitute rejected by Senate (19-Y 20-N)
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- **2024-02-29** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-02-29** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-04** Senators: Deeds, Carroll Foy, Obenshain
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- **2024-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-05** Delegates: Hope, Simon, Green
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- **2024-03-06** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-06** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-06** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-06** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB710ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB710ER)
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- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 606 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0606)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6917c0e9-bd88-42f2-aaa1-4556ed518af0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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