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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vital Records, Office of; fees for certified copies, annual report."
+description: "Office of Vital Records; fees for certified copies. Permits the Board of Health to prescribe a fee of up to $15 for a certified copy of vital records and directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect a fee of $15 for each certified copy of a vital record that it issues. Under current law, both fees are limited to $12."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 450"
+citation: "Virginia HB 450 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2026-01-12"
+last_action: "2026-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49c95ba3-8296-4f67-964b-504cce4bc774"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB450"
+source_hash: "d0567bbc831598fd74225c2dcbde174adfa71eb1c8b80b4f5f469f07da27911c"
+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 450 (2026) — Vital Records, Office of; fees for certified copies, annual report.
+
+Office of Vital Records; fees for certified copies. Permits the Board of Health to prescribe a fee of up to $15 for a certified copy of vital records and directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect a fee of $15 for each certified copy of a vital record that it issues. Under current law, both fees are limited to $12.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084503.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221481.PDF)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103054.PDF)
+4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203893.PDF)
+5. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101735.HTML)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213444.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Education and Health — **10–5** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **10–4** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **63–35** (pass) · lower
+- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
+- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102646D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** House committee offered
+- **2026-01-29** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB450)
+- **2026-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-03** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB450)
+- **2026-02-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Committee substitute printed 26109438D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
+- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
+- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `substitution`
+- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB450)
+- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB450ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB450)
+- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 616 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49c95ba3-8296-4f67-964b-504cce4bc774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+