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Virginia Senate swiftly confirms judicial nominees, auditor under HJR 476
Summary
The Virginia Senate on Jan. 14, 2025, approved a slate of judicial nominees and the auditor of public accounts under House Joint Resolution 476, taking the measures up by unanimous or near‑unanimous votes after suspending rules to allow immediate consideration.
The Virginia Senate on Jan. 14, 2025, took up House Joint Resolution 476 and confirmed a slate of judicial nominees for circuit, general district, and juvenile and domestic relations courts, appointed members to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, and approved the auditor of public accounts.
The action followed a message from the House of Delegates. “The house has agreed to HJR476 relating to judicial elections and certain elective officers and requests the concurrence of the senate,” Delegate Maldonado said in a message read to the Senate.
Senators suspended the rules to take up the joint order and then voted to agree to the resolution and related senate resolutions that placed nominees before the full body. The Senate recorded largely unanimous votes on the measures: suspending the rules and taking up the joint order passed 37–0; the motion to agree to HJR 476 passed 37–0.…
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