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type: "Bill"
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title: "Jury service; increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from service upon request."
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description: "Exemptions from jury service upon request; age. Increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from jury service upon request. This bill is identical to SB 638."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 156"
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citation: "Virginia HB 156 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["W. Chad Green"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-02"
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last_action: "2024-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a81b763-6ac5-4d97-b284-ad417c8e3ed0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB156"
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source_hash: "71b06379e581296f0cdf95eac0f2a8f2498c4d35f009c138bbea47388f2fdd5e"
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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 156 (2024) — Jury service; increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from service upon request.
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Exemptions from jury service upon request; age. Increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from jury service upon request. This bill is identical to SB 638.
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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. **CHAP0071** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0071)
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2. **HB156ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB156ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102363D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB156)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- W. Chad Green — primary (person)
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- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102363D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Assigned Courts sub: Judicial `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB156ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 71 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-14** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0071)
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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/8a81b763-6ac5-4d97-b284-ad417c8e3ed0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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