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| Bill | Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees. | Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would have owed if such fees had been assessed on or before June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 356. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 102 | Virginia HB 102 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 102 (2024) — Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.
Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would have owed if such fees had been assessed on or before June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 356.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0714 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107554D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108049D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108419D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
- Conference substitute printed 24108971D-H3 (committee substitute) — source
- HB102ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N 2-A) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (4-Y 94-N) — 4–93 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102620D
filing, introduction - 2023-12-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2024-01-30 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2024-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-02 Committee substitute printed 24106714D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-05 Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
referral-committee - 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB102H1)
- 2024-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-09 Committee substitute printed 24107554D-H2
substitution - 2024-02-11 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Committee on Courts of Justice substitute rejected 24106714D-H1
- 2024-02-12 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24107554D-H2
substitution - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB102H2
substitution - 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB102H2)
- 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2024-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-21 Committee substitute printed 24108049D-S1
substitution - 2024-02-21 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB102S1)
- 2024-02-28 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24108419D-S2
substitution - 2024-02-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-01 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-01 Courts of Justice Committee substitute rejected 24108049D-S1
- 2024-03-01 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-03-01 Committee substitute agreed to 24108419D-S2
substitution - 2024-03-01 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB102S2
substitution - 2024-03-01 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB102S2)
- 2024-03-04 Senate substitute rejected by House 24108419D-S2 (4-Y 94-N)
- 2024-03-04 VOTE: REJECTED (4-Y 94-N)
- 2024-03-05 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-03-05 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2024-03-06 House acceded to request
- 2024-03-06 Conferees appointed by House
- 2024-03-06 Delegates: Reaser, Maldonado, Kilgore
- 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2024-03-07 Senators: Perry, Salim, Stanley
- 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
- 2024-03-08 Conference substitute printed 24108971D-H3
- 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB102H3)
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB102ER)
passage - 2024-03-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB102ER)
- 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 1/1/25)
executive-signature - 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99248062-2629-473a-bc4e-996cf1eb83e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).