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Bill	Notaries; raises amount a notary may charge.	Notaries; fees. Raises from $5 to $10 theamount a notary may charge for taking and certifying the acknowledgmentof any writing, or administering and certifying an oath, or certifyingaffidavits and depositions of witnesses.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 986	Virginia HB 986 (2024)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	3	25	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/4f9596f0-e046-4dfa-9d96-cdd6ac2bdbe8	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB986	aad7d9bfb9570d9473cc82ecc36aaa5dd02bb78e20748bcf27099a15e3e0eff2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 986 (2024) — Notaries; raises amount a notary may charge.

Notaries; fees. Raises from $5 to $10 theamount a notary may charge for taking and certifying the acknowledgmentof any writing, or administering and certifying an oath, or certifyingaffidavits and depositions of witnesses.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0310 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB986ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100786D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100786D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB986)
• 2024-01-25 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB986ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB986ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 310 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0310)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f9596f0-e046-4dfa-9d96-cdd6ac2bdbe8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).