republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-306.md

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Bill	Circuit court clerks; fees collected for recording and indexing.	Fees collected by circuit court clerks for recording and indexing; use of fee in preserving permanent records of the circuit courts. Increases by $2 the fees for the recording and indexing of certain documents. The bill further increases from $1.50 to $3.50 the portion of the recording and indexing fee collected by circuit court clerks that is designated for use in preserving the permanent records of the circuit courts. This bill is identical to SB 938.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 306	Virginia HB 306 (2020)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	3	22	6	2019-12-31	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/77750b6a-5eeb-417b-8628-390c0a4f741a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB306	f6f3f62d5d08ef47c85a380c648f583e0868e01a2bc004505003bf1bae5f4d74	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 306 (2020) — Circuit court clerks; fees collected for recording and indexing.

Fees collected by circuit court clerks for recording and indexing; use of fee in preserving permanent records of the circuit courts. Increases by $2 the fees for the recording and indexing of certain documents. The bill further increases from $1.50 to $3.50 the portion of the recording and indexing fee collected by circuit court clerks that is designated for use in preserving the permanent records of the circuit courts. This bill is identical to SB 938.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0069) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB306ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB306ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) — 81–16 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (7-Y 6-N) — 7–6 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102666D introduction
• 2019-12-31 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-28 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N)
• 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (7-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB306ER)
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 69 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77750b6a-5eeb-417b-8628-390c0a4f741a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).