2026 SESSION

LEGISLATION NOT PREPARED BY DLS

INTRODUCED

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 74

Offered January 21, 2026

Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, a member of the State Corporation Commission, and a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.

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Patron—Maldonado

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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed today

To the election of Circuit Court judges for terms of eight years commencing as follows:

One judge for the First Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2026.

One judge for the Second Judicial Circuit, term commencing October 1, 2026.

One judge for the Second Judicial Circuit, term commencing February 1, 2026.

One judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2026.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing April 1, 2026.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing April 1, 2026.

One judge for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2026.

One judge for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing April 1, 2026.

One judge for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit, term commencing February 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit, term commencing April 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2026.

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 February 1, 2026.

One judge for the Second Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Second Judicial District, term commencing April 1, 2026.

One judge for the Fourth Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Ninth Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Eleventh Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twelfth Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Sixteenth Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2026.

One judge for the Eighteenth Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twentieth Judicial District, term commencing April 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-fifth Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-sixth Judicial District, term commencing June 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-ninth Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Thirtieth Judicial District, term commencing January 1, 2027.

One judge for the Thirtieth Judicial District, term commencing August 3, 2026.

One judge for the Thirty-first Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Thirty-first Judicial District, term commencing February 1, 2026.

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, 2026.

One judge for the Second Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Judicial District 2-A, term commencing April 16, 2026.

One judge for the Third Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2026.

One judge for the Eleventh Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twelfth Judicial District, term commencing January 1, 2027.

One judge for the Thirteenth Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2026.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial District, term commencing May 16, 2026.

One judge for the Sixteenth Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-third Judicial District, term commencing January 1, 2027.

One judge for the Twenty-fifth Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-sixth Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-seventh Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Twenty-seventh Judicial District, term commencing December 1, 2026.

One judge for the Thirty-first Judicial District, term commencing June 1, 2026.

One judge for the Thirty-first Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2026.

To the election of a member of the State Corporation Commission for a term of six years commencing February 1, 2026.

To the election of a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission for a term of six years commencing February 1, 2026.

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.

That the term of Kelsey A. Bagot, Esquire, elected as a member of the State Corporation Commission pursuant to HJR 99 and HR 42 and SR 20 at the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly, shall be a term of six years in accordance with Article IX, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia, to end on January 31, 2030.