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
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $41,402,783 $10,452,248 $51,855,031
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $50,219,954 $10,452,248 $60,672,202
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $53,939,686 $10,476,004 $64,415,690
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $53,935,981 $10,476,004 $64,411,985
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $62,446,201 $10,532,144 $72,978,345
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $67,147,483 $10,532,144 $77,679,627
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $75,085,527 $10,581,683 $85,667,210
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget $67,147,483 $10,532,144 $77,679,627
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments $7,466,430 $49,539 $7,515,969
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments $471,614 $0 $471,614
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $76,161,722 $10,581,683 $86,743,405
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget $67,147,483 $10,532,144 $77,679,627
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments $9,014,239 $49,539 $9,063,778
2026-2028 2028 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 159.63 8.00 167.63
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 221.63 8.00 229.63
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 240.63 8.00 248.63
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 240.63 8.00 248.63
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 243.63 8.00 251.63
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 246.63 8.00 254.63
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 249.63 8.00 257.63
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget 246.63 8.00 254.63
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments 3.00 0.00 3.00
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 252.63 8.00 260.63
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget 246.63 8.00 254.63
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments 6.00 0.00 6.00
2026-2028 2028 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded salary increases for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the salary increases for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 R. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,911,990 $1,911,990
Nongeneral Fund $47,882 $47,882
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency rental costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to agency rental costs at the seat of government budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 D. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $751,897 $751,897
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to state health insurance premiums Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $513,317 $513,317
Nongeneral Fund $12,988 $12,988
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to contribution rates for state employee retirement plans budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 H. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($175,709) ($175,709)
Nongeneral Fund ($5,112) ($5,112)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded liability insurance premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for liability insurance premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 J. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $78,968 $78,968
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded other post-employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to state employee other post-employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 J. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($63,232) ($63,232)
Nongeneral Fund ($1,649) ($1,649)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Financials System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Financials System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 E. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($10,544) ($10,544)
Nongeneral Fund ($4,517) ($4,517)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded property insurance premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for property insurance premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 M. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $9,561 $9,561
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded workers’ compensation premium changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for workers’ compensation premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 O. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($5,401) ($5,401)
Nongeneral Fund ($273) ($273)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 F. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,498 $3,498
Nongeneral Fund $254 $254
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency vehicle fleet charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for reduced fleet vehicle operational rate charges billed by the Department of General Services budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 H. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,296) ($2,296)
Nongeneral Fund ($22) ($22)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Performance Budgeting system charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Performance Budgeting system internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $137 $137
Nongeneral Fund ($12) ($12)
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Expand judicial video conferencing technology infrastructure Decision Package
  Provides positions and funding to support the implementation and long-term maintenance of courtroom video conferencing technology infrastructure across the Commonwealth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,107,964 $2,263,141
Positions 1.00 2.00
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Increase guardian ad litem fees Decision Package
  Provides additional funding to increase the hourly rates paid to guardians ad litem appointed by Virginia trial courts under the Code of Virginia.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,500,000 $1,500,000
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Sustain and advance digital services Decision Package
  Provides funding to address the agency's information technology needs and maintain secure, efficient, and accessible digital services across Virginia’s judicial system.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $1,000,000
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Establish a Security Operations Center Decision Package
  Provides positions and funding to establish a Security Operations Center.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $688,452 $1,081,084
Positions 2.00 4.00
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Supplement positions funded by the Drug Offender Assessment Fund Decision Package
  Provides funding to offset declining revenue in the Drug Offender Assessment Fund. The provided funding will support two existing positions involved in drug treatment court evaluation and monitoring.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $157,828 $157,828
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Property Alert Notification System (31 #3c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $397,614 the first year from the general fund to support costs for the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to make updates to the property alert notification system as directed by Chapter 364 (House Bill 163) and Chapter 365 (Senate Bill 316).
 
  FY FY
General Fund $397,614 $0
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OES: Legislation IT Costs (31 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $74,000 the first year from the general fund to support one-time IT system programming costs to implement the provisions of Chapter 355 (House Bill 17) and Chapter 356 (Senate Bill 180), which change the period of limitations on the collection of court fees.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $74,000 $0
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Unified Efiling Study (31 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide an assessment of the cost and feasibility of providing a unified efiling system for civil and criminal cases in circuit courts and requiring each circuit court to use the unified system. The assessment should include an update of the information provided in a similar report from 2018.


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