---
type: "Bill"
title: "Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging, etc., of wills."
description: "Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging of wills. Increases from $2 to $5 the fee that the circuit court clerk is required to charge for lodging, indexing, and preserving a will. This bill is identical to HB 305."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 940"
citation: "Virginia SB 940 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19eed9b1-fb69-4733-8983-737dc3124251"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB940"
source_hash: "0a9be165095baa793922f25ce5f7bfccdeebbcef9d7628fffb76e7564a07a2a9"
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 SB 940 (2020) — Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging, etc., of wills.

Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging of wills. Increases from $2 to $5 the fee that the circuit court clerk is required to charge for lodging, indexing, and preserving a will. This bill is identical to HB 305.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0589)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB940ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB940ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB940)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB940)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) — **81–16** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 20102913D `introduction`
- **2020-01-13** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB940)
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (82-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB940ER)
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (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/19eed9b1-fb69-4733-8983-737dc3124251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).