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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 HB 306.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 938	Virginia SB 938 (2020)	bill		enacted	Barbara A. Favola	3	24	6	2020-01-13	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/3fcaacd3-6119-4895-94d7-58df0d19d436	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB938	fee088e4d807935665fd68c5c036a319166fd4207b3ab978234b58e8a401e098	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 938 (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 HB 306.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0653) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB938ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB938) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 3-N) — 18–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N) — 84–13 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) — 8–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 20102909D introduction
• 2020-01-13 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB938)
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Passed House (85-Y 13-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N)
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB938ER)
• 2020-03-05 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 653 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3fcaacd3-6119-4895-94d7-58df0d19d436. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).