---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions, increases fees."
description: "Attorney fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions, increases fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2411"
citation: "Virginia HB 2411 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7266dfe8-61b1-40ec-a69a-7b6e184b05b7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2411"
source_hash: "5e431bc734b385ed78bf97f8875b2350361b1d87b3ef00746109b82aea84fc19"
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 2411 (2023) — Attorney fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions, increases fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0231** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0231)
2. **HB2411ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2411ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104375D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2411)

## Votes

- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 23104375D `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB2411)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 1-A) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N 1-A)
- **2023-02-22** Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Deeds, Boysko, Obenshain
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Watts, Bell, Ransone
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2411ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB2411ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 231 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0231)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7266dfe8-61b1-40ec-a69a-7b6e184b05b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).