republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2328.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Persons allowed services without fees or costs; inability to pay on account of poverty, guidelines.	Requires the court to use the guidelines for determining indigency for the appointment of counsel in determining a person's inability to pay fees or costs on account of poverty in a civil action. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2328	Virginia HB 2328 (2017)	bill	Courts of Record Criminal Procedure	enacted	Christopher E. Collins	4	18	6	2017-01-13	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/2dbcac4a-b01e-44e0-8688-d5c8e0bec918	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2328	a6d88cc6d5a0ba7bd3773973f42bcae316806d3359e67da9548299343aab88a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2328 (2017) — Persons allowed services without fees or costs; inability to pay on account of poverty, guidelines.

Requires the court to use the guidelines for determining indigency for the appointment of counsel in determining a person's inability to pay fees or costs on account of poverty in a civil action. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2328ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17101994D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101994D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 17101994D introduction
• 2017-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-01 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB2328E
• 2017-02-01 Printed as engrossed 17101994D-E
• 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2dbcac4a-b01e-44e0-8688-d5c8e0bec918. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).