---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney fees; written notice of lien requirements, validity and amount determinations."
description: "Attorney fees; written notice of lien requirements, validity and amount determinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 817"
citation: "Virginia SB 817 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cdba2ae-53a8-4734-9ba3-d6372a8c6311"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB817"
source_hash: "8aa2507c45d7316a36867a9d50c607a9e393729779cbdb36e81a8245f84577bc"
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 817 (2023) — Attorney fees; written notice of lien requirements, validity and amount determinations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0234** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0234)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100739D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB817)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23100739D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB817E)
4. **SB817ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB817ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (12-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Surovell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100739D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-19** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB817E
- **2023-01-30** Printed as engrossed 23100739D-E
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB817ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 234 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0234)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cdba2ae-53a8-4734-9ba3-d6372a8c6311`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).