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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Judges; maximum number in each judicial district.	Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases by one the maximum number of general district court judges in the Ninth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Second Judicial District. This bill incorporates HB 2249 and HB 2361 and is identical to SB 1327.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2729	Virginia HB 2729 (2025)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	5	45	11	2025-01-17	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/57af37d8-912d-4da4-9fea-c980cba9bfd8	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2729	112ea30fe4d76de46d1b8711a858eb2de34076035ec7ad98320b8fc64ba99949	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2729 (2025) — Judges; maximum number in each judicial district.

Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases by one the maximum number of general district court judges in the Ninth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Second Judicial District. This bill incorporates HB 2249 and HB 2361 and is identical to SB 1327.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N) — 1–97 (fail) · lower
• Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate substitute agreed to by House (87-Y 0-N) — 87–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 25105178D introduction
• 2025-01-17 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Judicial referral-committee
• 2025-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106052D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-29 Incorporates HB2249(Green)
• 2025-01-29 Incorporates HB2361(Torian)
• 2025-01-30 Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2025-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2729)
• 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-10 Committee substitute printed 25107049D-S1 substitution
• 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2729)
• 2025-02-14 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-02-19 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N)
• 2025-02-20 Reconsideration of rejection of Senate substitute agreed to by House substitution
• 2025-02-20 Senate substitute agreed to by House (87-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2729ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2729)
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 575 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0575)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57af37d8-912d-4da4-9fea-c980cba9bfd8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).