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type: "Bill"
title: "Notaries; raises amount a notary may charge."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 986"
citation: "Virginia HB 986 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f9596f0-e046-4dfa-9d96-cdd6ac2bdbe8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB986"
source_hash: "aad7d9bfb9570d9473cc82ecc36aaa5dd02bb78e20748bcf27099a15e3e0eff2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0310)
2. **HB986ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB986ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100786D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB986)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f9596f0-e046-4dfa-9d96-cdd6ac2bdbe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).