SR 206 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.

SR 206 is a procedural bill directing the Virginia Senate to nominate individuals for election to general district court judgeships. It specifies the process for selecting candidates to be voted on by the public in judicial elections. The bill passed the Senate unanimously on January 14, 2025, with no additional policy details or mechanisms described in the provided context. As a nomination procedure, it does not change court operations or substantive law.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Jan 14, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from an introduced draft to an enrolled version, with significant changes to layout and spacing but no substantive policy changes. The core nominations for general district court judgeships remain identical, with the same judges, districts, and start dates preserved throughout the document.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the content remains the same judicial nominations.
TECHNICAL

Document formatting was updated from an introduced draft to an enrolled version, including changes to header placement, spacing, and line breaks, but all nomination details remain unchanged.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 14, 2025

How they voted

370
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Jan 14, 2025
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Jan 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate (SR206ER)
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25104912D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Scott Surovell
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
VA
34