Courts Of Record
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Judges; maximum number in Ninth Judicial Circuit. [HB-154]
Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from four to five the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
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Robbery; conforms certain provisions of the Code of VA to the degrees of robbery offenses, etc. [HB-77]
Robbery. Conforms certain provisions of the Code referencing robbery to the degrees of robbery offenses established by Chapter 534 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. These changes include: (i) limiting to the three higher degrees of robbery certain non-robbery crimes for which committing such crime with the intent to commit a robbery is an element of the offenses, (ii) limiting the types of robbery that are included in the definition of "acts of violence" to the two higher degrees of robbery, (iii) clarifying how robbery offenses
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [SR-161]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judges; election in circuit court, general district court, etc. [HJR-845]
Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [HR-403]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [SR-95]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals of Virginia. [SR-94]
Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Disciplining attorneys and reinstatement of attorneys; procedure by three-judge circuit court. [SB-1494]
Procedure for disciplining attorneys and reinstatement of attorneys by three-judge circuit court. Provides that any former attorney who has had his license revoked and filed a petition for reinstatement with the Virginia State Bar may elect and demand that such reinstatement proceedings be conducted by a three-judge circuit court. The bill also provides that a decision from a three-judge circuit court convened to sit for disciplinary matters or reinstatement proceedings may be appealled to the Court of Appeals and, if necessary, to the Supreme Court
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; removes confidentiality of papers and proceedings. [SB-1517]
Courts of record; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; confidentiality of papers and proceedings; waiver. Removes the confidentiality of the findings of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (the Commission) if, upon the conclusion of the Commission's proceedings, the Commission finds that suspension of the subject judge is the most appropriate action or if the subject judge appeals the final determination of the Commission to the Supreme Court. The bill clarifies that any identifying information of any persons other than such subject judge
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judges, retired, etc.; increases per diem compensation for substitute judges. [SB-1486]
Retired judges temporarily recalled to service; per diem compensation. Raises from $200 to $400 the per diem compensation for any justice, judge, member of the State Corporation Commission, or member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission who is retired and who is temporarily recalled to service. Retired judges temporarily recalled to service; per diem compensation. Raises from $200 to $400 the per diem compensation for any justice, judge, member of the State Corporation Commission, or member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals of Virginia. [HR-249]
Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judges; election of a justice and various judges. [HJR-558]
Election of a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice, Court of Election of a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice, Court of Appeals of Virginia Judges, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and members of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [HR-250]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Criminal appeals; duties of the Attorney General and attorney for the Commonwealth. [SB-1259]
Criminal appeals; duties of the Attorney General and attorney for the Commonwealth. Provides that in all criminal cases before the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court of Virginia in which the Commonwealth is a party or is directly interested, the Attorney General shall appear and represent the Commonwealth upon receipt of the record in the appellate court. The bill provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth shall continue to represent the Commonwealth in any appeal regarding bail, bond, or recognizance before the Court of Appeals or the Supreme
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Jury duty; increases allowance from $30 to $50 per day. [HB-2317]
Jury duty; allowance increase. Increases the jury duty allowance from $30 to $50 per day.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct. [HB-2168]
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; annual report; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct; disciplinary action. Requires the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to include in its annual report (i) the name of any judge who the Commission concluded breached the Canons of Judicial Conduct and took disciplinary action against as a result of such conclusion, if the date on which the Commission reached such conclusion was after the previous annual report was published; (ii) the specific Canons of Judicial Conduct breached by such judge; and (iii)
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; agreement to provide aggregated, nonconfidential case data. [HB-2120]
Office of the Executive Secretary; public institutions of higher education; agreement to provide aggregated, nonconfidential case data in electronic format. Allows the Office of the Executive Secretary, at the request of a public institution of higher education, to enter into an agreement to provide aggregated, nonconfidential case data, including names and partial dates of birth of parties, in electronic format. The bill specifies that such data shall not be subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Criminal appeals; duties of the Attorney General and attorney for the Commonwealth. [HB-2165]
Criminal appeals; duties of the Attorney General and attorney for the Commonwealth. Provides that in all criminal cases before the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court of Virginia in which the Commonwealth is a party or is directly interested, the Attorney General shall appear and represent the Commonwealth upon receipt of the record in the appellate court. The bill provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth shall continue to represent the Commonwealth in any appeal regarding bail, bond, or recognizance before the Court of Appeals or the Supreme
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms. [SB-1306]
Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms. Provides that, where appropriate, the courthouse of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in the City of Buena Vista or the courthouse of the Circuit Court of the City of Buena Vista may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in Rockbridge County. Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms. Provides that, where appropriate, the courthouse of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Retired Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges; recall in circuit courts. [HB-2012]
Retired Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges; recall; circuit courts. Provides that retired justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia and judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia may be designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia to sit in recall in circuit courts when such retired justice or judge has been found qualified within the preceding three years by the House Committee for Courts of Justice and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retired Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges; recall;
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