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type: "Bill"
title: "Jury service; exemption for fire marshals."
description: "Exemption from jury service; fire marshals. Adds the State Fire Marshal and any officer appointed as a fire marshal to the list of persons automatically exempt from jury service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 350"
citation: "Virginia HB 350 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellen H. McLaughlin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6e1c18e-02e1-4a03-a45b-e66b69170cf6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB350"
source_hash: "9abb711fb54219b91df784bfe1d2a8ff988c1d065c2194b37fbe2335bcb9623b"
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 350 (2026) — Jury service; exemption for fire marshals.
Exemption from jury service; fire marshals. Adds the State Fire Marshal and any officer appointed as a fire marshal to the list of persons automatically exempt from jury service.
## 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/1083951.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216483.PDF)
3. **Civil Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097021.PDF)
4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100136.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177862.PDF)
## Votes
- Passage R — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **191** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **91** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **971** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **140** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ellen H. McLaughlin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102326D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2026-01-28** Committee substitute printed 26106284D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB350ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6e1c18e-02e1-4a03-a45b-e66b69170cf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).