Virginia Senate Bill 784 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel. Provides that the prohibition on a retired justice or judge appearing as counsel in any court in the Commonwealth shall not apply when either (i) (a) the retired judge or justice has been retired for at least two years; (b) the retired justice or judge is appearing as counsel, pro bono, for an indigent person in a civil matter; (c) such civil matter is assigned or referred to the retired justice or judge by a nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the Virginia State Bar; and (d) the retired justice or judge is not an employee, officer, or board member of such nonprofit legal aid program or (ii) the retired justice or judge is at least 67 years of age and is eligible to receive full Social Security benefits. Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel. Provides that the prohibition on a retired justice or judge appearing as counsel in any court in the Commonwealth shall not apply when either (i) (a) the retired judge or justice has been retired for at least two years; (b) the retired justice or judge is appearing as counsel, pro bono, for an indigent person in a civil matter; (c) such civil matter is assigned or referred to the retired justice or judge by a nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the Virginia State Bar; and (d) the retired justice or judge is not an employee, officer, or board member of such nonprofit legal aid program or (ii) the retired justice or judge is at least 67 years of age and is eligible to receive full Social Security benefits.

Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel.

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

2023-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-26		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)
2023-03-26		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-13	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
2023-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2023-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB784ER)
2023-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-23	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
2023-02-23	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
2023-02-23	House	Read third time
2023-02-22	House	Read second time
2023-02-20	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-02-10	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-02-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-02-09	House	Read first time
2023-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-03	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB784S2
2023-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105585D-S2
2023-02-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-03	Senate	Judiciary Committee substitute rejected 23104597D-S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105585D-S2
2023-01-25	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-01-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23104597D-S1
2023-01-25	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2022-10-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2022-10-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100206D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
51	1	309	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB784
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB784+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB784S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB784S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB784ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0552+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23100862D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB784FS2122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB784FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0078+SB0784
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0222+SB0784
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0212SB0784+SB0784
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0236SB0784+SB0784
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0237SB0784+SB0784
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0802V0094+SB0784
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0323+SB0784
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2246+SB0784