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| Bill | Jury service; exemption for fire marshals. | Exemption from jury service; fire marshals. Adds the State Fire Marshal and any officer appointed as a fire marshal to the list of persons automatically exempt from jury service. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 350 | Virginia HB 350 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 350 (2026) — Jury service; exemption for fire marshals.
Exemption from jury service; fire marshals. Adds the State Fire Marshal and any officer appointed as a fire marshal to the list of persons automatically exempt from jury service.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Civil Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 19–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ellen H. McLaughlin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102326D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2026-01-28 Committee substitute printed 26106284D-H1
substitution - 2026-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB350ER)
passage - 2026-02-25 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-25 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6e1c18e-02e1-4a03-a45b-e66b69170cf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).