Bill Text: VA HJR6005 | 2022 | 1st Special Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Judges; election in circuit court, general district court, etc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-07 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ6005ER) [HJR6005 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HJR6005-Enrolled.html

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6005
Election of Circuit Court Judges, a General District Court Judge, and a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, September 7, 2022
Agreed to by the Senate, September 7, 2022

 

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed today

To the election of Circuit Court judges for terms of eight years commencing as follows:

One judge for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing October 1, 2022.

One judge for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, term commencing December 1, 2022.

To the election of a General District Court judge for the Twentieth Judicial District for a term of six years commencing on December 1, 2022.

To the election of a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judge for the Tenth Judicial District for a term of six years commencing October 1, 2022.

And that in the execution of the joint order nominations shall be made in the order herein named, and that each house shall be notified of said nominations, and when the rolls shall be called for the whole number, the presiding officers of each house shall appoint a committee of three, which together shall constitute the joint committee to count the vote of each house in each case and report the results to their respective houses. The joint order may be suspended by the presiding officer of either house at any time but for no longer than twenty-four hours to receive the report of the joint committee.

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