Retired justices and judges; per diem payments for attendance at mandatory judicial conferences. Provides that justices and judges who are retired under the Judicial Retirement System and are eligible for recall shall receive a per diem payment for attendance at any mandatory judicial conference at a rate established by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. This portion of the bill does not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly. In addition, the bill directs the Office of the Executive Secretary to study the provision of an hourly rate of payment for any retired judge or justice eligible for recall and any member of the State Corporation Commission or Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission for time necessarily expended when such judge, justice, or member is not actually sitting and report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice by October 1, 2025.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 17.1-327
Courts of Justice Substitute: 17.1-327
Engrossed: 17.1-327
Enrolled: 17.1-327
Chaptered: 17.1-327