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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judges; increases maximum number in judicial district."
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description: "Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases from 11 to 12 the maximum number of authorized general district court judgeships in the nineteenth judicial district. The Committee on District Courts recommended the additional judgeship in 2018. This bill is identical to SB 209. "
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 275"
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citation: "Virginia HB 275 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-12-30"
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last_action: "2020-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc9d2b55-35f3-4149-b74e-b749b60fcc90"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB275"
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source_hash: "d532ad3fb4dd4b917d6b121b7aad3fed7137c88988f5131ca63f4b7d9412fc56"
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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 HB 275 (2020) — Judges; increases maximum number in judicial district.
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Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases from 11 to 12 the maximum number of authorized general district court judgeships in the nineteenth judicial district. The Committee on District Courts recommended the additional judgeship in 2018. This bill is identical to SB 209.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0343)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0343)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB275ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB275ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB275)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB275)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103853D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB275)
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-12** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB275ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 343 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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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/bc9d2b55-35f3-4149-b74e-b749b60fcc90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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