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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit."
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description: "Maximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twentieth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the First, Ninth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuits. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill incorporates HB 154 and HB 717 and is identical to SB 710."
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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 310"
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citation: "Virginia HB 310 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 60
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vote_count: 14
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8979583b-4605-4f65-8d5c-dbc87d3bdea6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB310"
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source_hash: "d39624fa9bac20b1781eac205b8d6f44a7ec0631f555142d558cc633874ab53e"
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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 310 (2024) — Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.
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Maximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twentieth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the First, Ninth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuits. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill incorporates HB 154 and HB 717 and is identical to SB 710.
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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. **CHAP0525** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0525)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107130D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB310H1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24108305D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB310S1)
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4. **HB310ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB310ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103271D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB310)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- Committee substitute agreed to 24108305D-S1 (20-Y 19-N) — **20–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N) — **1–94** (fail) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103271D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB310)
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- **2024-02-02** Assigned Courts sub: Judicial `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24107130D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-07** Incorporates HB154 (Green)
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- **2024-02-07** Incorporates HB717 (Torian)
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- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-08** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB310H1)
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107130D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB310H1 `substitution`
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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** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-27** Committee substitute printed 24108305D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB310S1)
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-02-28** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 24108305D-S1 (20-Y 19-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB310S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Senate substitute rejected by House 24108305D-S1 (1-Y 94-N)
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- **2024-03-01** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-03-05** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** House acceded to request
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- **2024-03-06** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-06** Delegates: Hope, Callsen, Batten
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- **2024-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-07** Senators: Deeds, Carroll Foy, Obenshain
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- **2024-03-08** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB310ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB310ER)
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- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 525 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)
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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/8979583b-4605-4f65-8d5c-dbc87d3bdea6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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