Retired circuit court judges under recall; qualification by Committees for Courts of Justice. (SB879)

Introduced By

Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Retired circuit court judges under recall; qualification by Committees for Courts of Justice. Requires that retired circuit court judges sitting as substitutes be found qualified every three years by the Courts Committees instead of authorized by the Chief Justice. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
12/19/2016Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103234D
12/19/2016Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/16/2017Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (11-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
01/17/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/18/2017Read second time
01/18/2017Reading of amendments waived
01/18/2017Committee amendments agreed to
01/18/2017Engrossed by Senate as amended SB879E
01/18/2017Printed as engrossed 17103234D-E
01/19/2017Passed by for the day
01/20/2017Passed by for the day
01/23/2017Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2017Placed on Calendar
01/30/2017Read first time
01/30/2017Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/08/2017Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
02/21/2017Left in Courts of Justice

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 54 seconds.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

THE SENATOR FROM FAIRFAX COUNTY, SENATOR SASLAW. MR. PRESIDENT. WE ARE BEING VISITED TODAY. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY MADE IT INTO THE GALLERY OR NOT. 17 STUDENTS FROM JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THEY ARE HERE WITH THEIR PRINCIPAL, DR. GLASER AND OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS AND PARENTS. THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL HAS STUDENTS FROM MOST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. NOT ALL, BUT MOST.