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type: "Bill"
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title: "District courts; jurisdictional limit does not include any attorney fees."
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description: "Provides that the jurisdictional limit for general district courts does not include any attorney fees. The bill requires that the amount of an appeal bond required for appeals from a district court include any amount awarded for attorney fees in the case."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1342"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1342 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ac6fabf-f123-4942-bb7d-e9b7da4d887e"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1342"
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source_hash: "15e5ed053ba2e8dd419c1757184415a9db3fac782c18e1bed845e7972ba826dd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1342 (2017) — District courts; jurisdictional limit does not include any attorney fees.
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Provides that the jurisdictional limit for general district courts does not include any attorney fees. The bill requires that the amount of an appeal bond required for appeals from a district court include any amount awarded for attorney fees in the case.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0657)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0657)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1342ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1342ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103446D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1342)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103446D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1342E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **33–7** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **11–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **26–14** (pass) · legislature
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **36–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103446D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-01** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-01** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1342E
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- **2017-02-01** Printed as engrossed 17103446D-E
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- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 657 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ac6fabf-f123-4942-bb7d-e9b7da4d887e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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