---
type: "Bill"
title: "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; attorney fees."
description: "Provides that, where the appointment of counsel is necessary pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, any attorney fees assessed shall not exceed $125, unless the court deems a higher amount appropriate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1675"
citation: "Virginia HB 1675 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph C. Lindsey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-04"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efaadfb6-bcaf-4822-8c7b-cc5188b9e265"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1675"
source_hash: "50b424397231b12af4f2d80a34e26af8638c29377288819ac7438a3c0a5e8d48"
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 1675 (2019) — Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; attorney fees.

Provides that, where the appointment of counsel is necessary pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, any attorney fees assessed shall not exceed $125, unless the court deems a higher amount appropriate.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0454)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1675AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1675)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1675ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1675ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101973D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1675)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101973D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1675E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Debra H. Rodman — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew James - Resigned 5/19 — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101973D `introduction`
- **2018-12-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB1675E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19101973D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efaadfb6-bcaf-4822-8c7b-cc5188b9e265`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).