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Bill	Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; attorney fees.	Provides that, where the appointment of counsel is necessary pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, any attorney fees assessed shall not exceed $125, unless the court deems a higher amount appropriate.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1675	Virginia HB 1675 (2019)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure Professions and Occupations	enacted	Joseph C. Lindsey	6	19	6	2018-12-04	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/efaadfb6-bcaf-4822-8c7b-cc5188b9e265	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1675	50b424397231b12af4f2d80a34e26af8638c29377288819ac7438a3c0a5e8d48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1675 (2019) — Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; attorney fees.

Provides that, where the appointment of counsel is necessary pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, any attorney fees assessed shall not exceed $125, unless the court deems a higher amount appropriate.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1675ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101973D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19101973D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Debra H. Rodman — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew James - Resigned 5/19 — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101973D introduction
• 2018-12-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-07 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB1675E
• 2019-02-04 Printed as engrossed 19101973D-E
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Passed by for the day
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled
• 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efaadfb6-bcaf-4822-8c7b-cc5188b9e265. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).