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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jury duty; increases allowance from $30 to $50 per day."
description: "Jury duty; increases allowance from $30 to $50 per day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 789"
citation: "Virginia SB 789 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spruill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-11-22"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96206389-b980-4e7a-8daa-d6d479c53b27"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB789"
source_hash: "818c255d982655292c1fd4b9afa8ffb41b7b2f1990aecadca0130d05a7e02c1d"
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 789 (2023) — Jury duty; increases allowance from $30 to $50 per day.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0233** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0233)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101436D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB789)
3. **SB789ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB789ER)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Spruill — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-11-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101436D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-11-22** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB789)
- **2023-01-16** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB789)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-21** House insisted on amendments
- **2023-02-21** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Spruill, Boysko, Norment
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Williams Graves, Austin, Brewer
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB789ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB789ER)
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 233 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96206389-b980-4e7a-8daa-d6d479c53b27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).