republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1305.md

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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	SB 1305	Virginia SB 1305 (2017)	bill	Courts of Record Criminal Procedure	enacted	Jill Holtzman Vogel	4	19	5	2017-01-10	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3b2b97d2-d81f-4f4f-850b-dc52d71cf1da	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1305	f1b89eb7b46c60195826a020a1e438ad60586fdfcef3aa7ca45ab7ce91954f6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1305 (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 (CHAP0226) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1305ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103129D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103129D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
• A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103129D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-01 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-01 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-01 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1305E
• 2017-02-01 Printed as engrossed 17103129D-E
• 2017-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 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 226 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b2b97d2-d81f-4f4f-850b-dc52d71cf1da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).