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type: "Bill"
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title: "Attorney fees; repeals provision that allows only fee of one attorney to be taxed by court."
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description: "Repeals the provision that allows only the fee of one attorney to be taxed by the court, even if the recovering party had more than one attorney. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 1024"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1024 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts of Record", "Professions and Occupations", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-02-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/902c6bd7-3899-4ff5-ac6f-ee2ed9da087d"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1024"
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source_hash: "11e8f651f63c6430b0a934d634c4aeb386cf19aefd0ef7d0f36f0358e3bc3770"
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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 HB 1024 (2018) — Attorney fees; repeals provision that allows only fee of one attorney to be taxed by court.
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Repeals the provision that allows only the fee of one attorney to be taxed by the court, even if the recovering party had more than one attorney. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
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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 (CHAP0035)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0035)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1024ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1024ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102382D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1024)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Les R. Adams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102382D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-18** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-19** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
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- **2018-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 35 (effective 7/1/18) `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/902c6bd7-3899-4ff5-ac6f-ee2ed9da087d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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