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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Attorney fees; control of court."
+description: "Claim for attorney fees. Aligns the provisionfor a claim for attorney fees to be paid out of money or property under control of the court with Rule 3:25 of the Rules of SupremeCourt of Virginia by providing that the claim for such attorney feesshall be made in a complaint, petition, or other proceeding. Thebill removes the provision that provides that such attorney feesmay also be paid where the parties are notified in writing that applicationwill be made to the court. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-GravesConference."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1346"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1346 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey M. Bourne"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-08"
+last_action: "2020-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40cf0ac6-46cb-4166-9121-411523f6bae5"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1346"
+source_hash: "5539e3e77d8da53b54b92d0573a7895683f4d7ae46fd5a1a276fd3d23d60b308"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1346 (2020) — Attorney fees; control of court.
+
+Claim for attorney fees. Aligns the provisionfor a claim for attorney fees to be paid out of money or property under control of the court with Rule 3:25 of the Rules of SupremeCourt of Virginia by providing that the claim for such attorney feesshall be made in a complaint, petition, or other proceeding. Thebill removes the provision that provides that such attorney feesmay also be paid where the parties are notified in writing that applicationwill be made to the court. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-GravesConference.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0112)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1346ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1346ER)
+3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1346ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1346)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
+- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102376D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-28** VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
+- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
+- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40cf0ac6-46cb-4166-9121-411523f6bae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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