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type: "Bill"
title: "Circuit court clerks; fees collected for recording and indexing."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "Virginia HB 306 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-31"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77750b6a-5eeb-417b-8628-390c0a4f741a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB306"
source_hash: "f6f3f62d5d08ef47c85a380c648f583e0868e01a2bc004505003bf1bae5f4d74"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0069)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB306ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB306ER)
3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB306ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB306)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) — **202** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) — **8116** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (7-Y 6-N) — **76** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — **2416** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77750b6a-5eeb-417b-8628-390c0a4f741a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).