House delays judicial elections schedule to March 13

The Virginia House of Delegates voted to suspend a special and continuing joint order related to judicial elections until Friday, March 13 at the conclusion of the morning hour.

Delegate Maldonado of Prince William moved the schedule change, citing the need for additional time to place final judges and complete related resolutions. "We just need a little bit more time to get the final judges in place and get the resolutions done," Delegate Maldonado said in the transcript as he asked the House to postpone action under Rule 13 of House Joint Resolution 29.

The Speaker called for the ayes and nays; the chair announced the motion was agreed to. The House indicated it would inform the Senate of the action and request concurrence. The transcript does not show a roll-call tally for this motion in the excerpted segments.

The action in the recorded segment was procedural: it changes the schedule for consideration of judicial-election business rather than selecting or confirming judicial nominees on the floor. No votes on judges or resolutions themselves occurred in the provided excerpt, and no further hearings or final actions were specified in the segment.