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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judges; maximum number in each judicial district."
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description: "Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases by one the maximum number of general district court judges in the Ninth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Second Judicial District. This bill incorporates HB 2249 and HB 2361 and is identical to SB 1327."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2729"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2729 (2025)"
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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: 45
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57af37d8-912d-4da4-9fea-c980cba9bfd8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2729"
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source_hash: "112ea30fe4d76de46d1b8711a858eb2de34076035ec7ad98320b8fc64ba99949"
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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 2729 (2025) — Judges; maximum number in each judicial district.
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Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases by one the maximum number of general district court judges in the Ninth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Second Judicial District. This bill incorporates HB 2249 and HB 2361 and is identical to SB 1327.
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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/1022376.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077568.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1029470.PDF)
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4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046049.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067681.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N) — **1–97** (fail) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House (87-Y 0-N) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (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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- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25105178D `introduction`
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- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Assigned Courts sub: Judicial `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106052D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Incorporates HB2249(Green)
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- **2025-01-29** Incorporates HB2361(Torian)
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- **2025-01-30** Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2729)
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Committee substitute printed 25107049D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2729)
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- **2025-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-19** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N)
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- **2025-02-20** Reconsideration of rejection of Senate substitute agreed to by House `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate substitute agreed to by House (87-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2729ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2729)
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 575 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0575)
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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/57af37d8-912d-4da4-9fea-c980cba9bfd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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