Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2536.md
T
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

88 lines
4.2 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jury service; exempts clerk of circuit court and circuit court clerk deputies."
description: "Exemption from jury service; clerk of circuit court; circuit court clerk deputies. Automatically exempts the elected clerk of any circuit court and such clerk's deputies from serving on juries in civil and criminal cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2536"
citation: "Virginia HB 2536 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90010847-f829-4b8e-9c3d-b25d12f7cba3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2536"
source_hash: "b636044bebe8233e02e96d5b5d74b2ea86535f747086dc73f1ad161d69035297"
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 HB 2536 (2025) — Jury service; exempts clerk of circuit court and circuit court clerk deputies.
Exemption from jury service; clerk of circuit court; circuit court clerk deputies. Automatically exempts the elected clerk of any circuit court and such clerk's deputies from serving on juries in civil and criminal cases.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017300.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071218.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066558.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104715D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2536ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 92 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0092)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90010847-f829-4b8e-9c3d-b25d12f7cba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).