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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; magistrates, availability of complaint forms in courthouses."
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description: "Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; magistrates; availability of complaint forms in courthouses. Requires that paper copies of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission and any standardized form developed and utilized by the Department of Magistrate Services in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia for the filing of a complaint be made available to the public in the clerk's office in all state courts of the Commonwealth. The bill also requires that a sign be posted in all such courts, in a location accessible to the public, that notes the availability and location of such forms."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 342"
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citation: "Virginia HB 342 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marty Martinez"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06369c1b-d229-4acd-a945-a499e24e984d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB342"
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source_hash: "0e5a9a65bfb3e8ae708afb28123c05eccb584cb249805a03e7790c9210c1b9e7"
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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 342 (2026) — Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; magistrates, availability of complaint forms in courthouses.
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Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; magistrates; availability of complaint forms in courthouses. Requires that paper copies of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission and any standardized form developed and utilized by the Department of Magistrate Services in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia for the filing of a complaint be made available to the public in the clerk's office in all state courts of the Commonwealth. The bill also requires that a sign be posted in all such courts, in a location accessible to the public, that notes the availability and location of such forms.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083925.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216451.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177838.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100400D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB342)
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- **2026-01-29** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB342ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB342)
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 113 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113)
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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/06369c1b-d229-4acd-a945-a499e24e984d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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