republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-940.md

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Bill	Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging, etc., of wills.	Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging of wills. Increases from $2 to $5 the fee that the circuit court clerk is required to charge for lodging, indexing, and preserving a will. This bill is identical to HB 305.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 940	Virginia SB 940 (2020)	bill		enacted	Barbara A. Favola	3	24	6	2020-01-13	2020-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/19eed9b1-fb69-4733-8983-737dc3124251	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB940	0a9be165095baa793922f25ce5f7bfccdeebbcef9d7628fffb76e7564a07a2a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 940 (2020) — Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging, etc., of wills.

Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging of wills. Increases from $2 to $5 the fee that the circuit court clerk is required to charge for lodging, indexing, and preserving a will. This bill is identical to HB 305.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB940ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB940) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) — 81–16 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 1-N) — 12–1 (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 20102913D introduction
• 2020-01-13 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB940)
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-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 (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 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 (82-Y 16-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N)
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB940ER)
• 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
• 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19eed9b1-fb69-4733-8983-737dc3124251. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).