VA SB807 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on October 19 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (8-Y 3-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on October 19 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (8-Y 3-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Circuit courts; number of circuit court judges in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Circuits. Reduces the maximum number of circuit court judges in the Twenty-second Circuit from five to four and removes the provision for the future reduction in the number of circuit court judges in the Twenty-first Circuit from three to two. The bill also removes the requirement that the Judicial Council study and report on the need for additional judges before a new judgeship may be created.
Title
Judges; reduces number in circuit courts in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Circuits.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2017-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (8-Y 3-N 1-A) (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-16 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (8-Y 3-N 1-A) |
| 2017-01-16 | Senate | Committee substitute printed to LIS only 17104069D-S1 |
| 2016-10-19 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2016-10-19 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100783D |
