Bill Text: VA HJR388 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-03-05 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ388ER) [HJR388 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HJR388-Introduced.html
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 388
Offered February 28, 2020
Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges.
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Patron-- Lindsey
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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed this day

To the election of circuit court judges for terms of eight years commencing as follows:

One judge for the Second Judicial Circuit, term commencing April 1, 2020.

One judge for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2020.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing April 1, 2020.

One judge for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, term commencing April 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, term commencing May 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit, term commencing April 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit, term commencing May 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2020.

One judge for the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit, term commencing August 3, 2020.

To the election of general district court judges for terms of six years commencing as follows:

One judge for the Second Judicial District, term commencing April 1, 2020.

One judge for the Sixth Judicial District, term commencing April 1, 2020.

One judge for the Eleventh Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2020.

One judge for the Sixteenth Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2020.

One judge for the Eighteenth Judicial District, term commencing April 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twentieth Judicial District, term commencing April 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twentieth Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twenty-fifth Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2020.

One judge for the Twenty-sixth Judicial District, term commencing June 1, 2020.

To the election of juvenile and domestic relations district court judges for terms of six years commencing as follows:

One judge for the Second Judicial District, term commencing April 16, 2020.

One judge for the Judicial District 2-A, term commencing April 16, 2020.

One judge for the Eleventh Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2020.

One judge for the Fourteenth Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2020.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial District, term commencing May 16, 2020.

One judge for the Eighteenth Judicial District, term commencing April 1, 2020.

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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