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type: "Bill"
title: "Retired justices and judges; per diem payments for attendance at mandatory judicial conferences."
description: "Retired justices and judges; per diem payments for attendance at mandatory judicial conferences. Provides that justices and judges who are retired under the Judicial Retirement System and are eligible for recall shall receive a per diem payment for attendance at any mandatory judicial conference at a rate established by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. This portion of the bill does not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly. In addition, the bill directs the Office of the Executive Secretary to study the provision of an hourly rate of payment for any retired judge or justice eligible for recall and any member of the State Corporation Commission or Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission for time necessarily expended when such judge, justice, or member is not actually sitting and report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice by October 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1069"
citation: "Virginia SB 1069 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark J. Peake"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d57072-9b45-43b5-b524-f58b9dcacea8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1069"
source_hash: "0020f5b71d89fd08dad3e675e939251133ed9190323f7ee24062aade3109824f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 1069 (2025) — Retired justices and judges; per diem payments for attendance at mandatory judicial conferences.
Retired justices and judges; per diem payments for attendance at mandatory judicial conferences. Provides that justices and judges who are retired under the Judicial Retirement System and are eligible for recall shall receive a per diem payment for attendance at any mandatory judicial conference at a rate established by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. This portion of the bill does not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly. In addition, the bill directs the Office of the Executive Secretary to study the provision of an hourly rate of payment for any retired judge or justice eligible for recall and any member of the State Corporation Commission or Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission for time necessarily expended when such judge, justice, or member is not actually sitting and report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice by October 1, 2025.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017733.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072567.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023496.PDF)
4. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045602.HTML)
5. **Courts of Justice Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1044166.HTML)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037206.PDF)
7. **Finance and Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034558.HTML)
8. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050567.HTML)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1056451.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **390** (pass) · upper
- House Amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mark J. Peake — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100994D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1069)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2025-01-30** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Reading of amendment waived
- **2025-01-31** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Reading of amendment waived
- **2025-01-31** Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-01-31** Printed as engrossed 25100994D-E
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1069)
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-13** Passed House with amendments (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** House Amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1069ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1069)
- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 326 (Effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48d57072-9b45-43b5-b524-f58b9dcacea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).