Supreme Court [111]
Secretarial Area: Judicial
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $33,695,980 $10,729,579 $44,425,559
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $33,705,792 $10,734,058 $44,439,850
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $37,242,706 $9,310,389 $46,553,095
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $37,665,498 $9,310,958 $46,976,456
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $39,826,809 $9,278,976 $49,105,785
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $40,115,097 $9,278,976 $49,394,073
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $41,402,783 $10,452,248 $51,855,031
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation $41,402,783 $10,452,248 $51,855,031
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $49,719,954 $10,452,248 $60,172,202
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation $41,062,127 $10,452,248 $51,514,375
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments $7,018,794 $0 $7,018,794
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments $1,639,033 $0 $1,639,033
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 150.63 6.00 156.63
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 150.63 6.00 156.63
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 150.63 6.00 156.63
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 150.63 6.00 156.63
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 150.63 8.00 158.63
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 150.63 8.00 158.63
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 159.63 8.00 167.63
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation 159.63 8.00 167.63
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 221.63 8.00 229.63
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation 159.63 8.00 167.63
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments 62.00 0.00 62.00
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Reallocate funding and positions to meet Cardinal Human Capital Management (HCM) Payroll requirements Decision Package
  Transfers existing court system appropriation between court agencies to meet Cardinal Human Capital Management Payroll requirements. This is a zero-sum, technical amendment.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $7,654,818
Positions 0.00 69.00
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Reallocate funding and positions between court agencies for writ of actual innocence petitions Decision Package
  Transfers existing funding and positions to the Court of Appeals to meet the workload demands of expanding eligibility for writ of actual innocence petitions. This is a zero-sum, technical amendment.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($636,024)
Positions 0.00 (7.00)
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Funds technology changes to enable implemenation of an automatic records sealing process for certain offenses General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1.5 million the second year as the first of four years of one-time information technology upgrade costs for the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to implement an automatic expungement process for certain offenses.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $1,539,033
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Fund potential increases in the usage of court appointed experts General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $100,000 from the general fund in fiscal year 2022 to fund the potential increase in the use of court-appointed experts caused by the passage of legislation approved during the 2021 Special Session 1, which broadens defendants' ability to introduce evidence regarding their mental state at the time of an alleged defense, dependent upon its final passage.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $100,000
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Language amendment requiring review of bail hearing provisions General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to review the requirements of House Bill 2286 from the 2021 General Assembly regular session, which sought to make various changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, and to estimate the costs and potential savings resulting from its implementation, and report the findings of the review by December 1, 2021.
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Language amendment requiring Supreme Court to distribute evaluation forms in Circuit Court cases involving retired judges General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment requires the Supreme Court of Virginia (SCV) to distribute evaluation forms in all Circuit Court cases that are overseen by a retired judge, to collect the results of the evaluation forms and publish the findings to the members of the House Courts of Justice Committee and Senate Committee on the Judiciary. As a part of that report, the SCV will also report back on the number and types of cases referred to retired judges.


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