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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bail bondsman; petition for return of deposit for surrender of principal, etc."
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description: "Bail bondsman; petition for return of deposit for surrender of principal; deposited funds credited to Literary Fund. Provides that if a bail bondsman does not petition the court for the return of funds deposited for the surrender of his principal within 15 days from the surrender of the principal, the deposited funds shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the Literary Fund. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 294"
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citation: "Virginia SB 294 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-03"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cb6a8b2-88f3-4d33-abfb-3db7e662d1df"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB294"
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source_hash: "8e598877ecb9517d395882c72db69d920f2ecf00788c7f84abc3f6e2e491569f"
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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 294 (2020) — Bail bondsman; petition for return of deposit for surrender of principal, etc.
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Bail bondsman; petition for return of deposit for surrender of principal; deposited funds credited to Literary Fund. Provides that if a bail bondsman does not petition the court for the return of funds deposited for the surrender of his principal within 15 days from the surrender of the principal, the deposited funds shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the Literary Fund. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0531)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB294ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB294)
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3. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB294ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB294ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) — **31–8** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) — **20–20** (fail) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101573D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-01-29** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) `failure`
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- **2020-02-04** Chair votes No
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- **2020-02-04** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 531 (effective 7/1/20) `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/4cb6a8b2-88f3-4d33-abfb-3db7e662d1df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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