SB158
Judicial district and circuit courts; maximum number of judges.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 30, 2026
Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB158ER)
Chief Patron:
Russet Perry (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Maximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit.
Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twelfth and Fifteenth Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of authorized general district court judges in the Twelfth and Twenty-sixth Judicial Districts. Finally, the bill increases by one ... (More) the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the Twentieth and Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuits. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100733D
- 01/07/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB158)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26105622D-S1
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Incorporates SB780 (Obenshain)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/18/2026 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/20/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB158)
- 02/27/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 03/02/2026 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108033D-H1
- 03/03/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/04/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/04/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/04/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 03/09/2026 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/09/2026 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: Perry, Deeds, Stuart
- 03/11/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/11/2026 - House: House Conferees: Hope, Maldonado, Ballard
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 26109678D-S2
- 03/11/2026 - Conference Report released
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/23/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB158)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB158ER)
