Jury service; exemptions upon request, certain caretakers of persons with serious health conditions.
Summary
Exemptions from jury service upon request; certain caretakers of persons with serious health conditions. Adds as persons who may be exempt from jury service upon request (i) a person with legal custody of and responsible for the care of a child under 18 years of age who has a serious health condition and (ii) the familial caretaker, defined in the bill, of a person with a serious health condition.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Vetoed
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 2, 2026
Vetoed Apr 11, 2026
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What changed between versions
Engrossed
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Enrolled
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3 edits
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Mar 10, 2026
MINOR
This bill finalizes the text of Senate Bill 107 by converting it from an 'Engrossed' draft to an 'Enrolled' version ready for signing. The substantive policy content regarding jury service exemptions remains identical, but the formatting was cleaned up to remove draft markers and align the text with official legislative standards.
TECHNICAL
Removed draft-specific headers such as 'Engrossed', bill tracking numbers, and committee referral notes, replacing them with official 'Enrolled' and 'Virginia Acts' formatting.
Corrected a minor grammatical inconsistency in Section 9 by changing the phrase 'shall include includes' to the standard 'includes' when defining who qualifies as a familial caretaker.
Adjusted line breaks and spacing throughout the document to ensure the text flows correctly as a final legal statute, removing visual artifacts from the legislative markup process.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 20, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Jan 20, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 11, 2026
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by Senate
executive
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB107ER)
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N 0-A)
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to (Voice Vote)
upper
Jan 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Jan 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Jan 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stella Pekarsky
DDemocratic
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