republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-356.md

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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 HB 102.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 356	Virginia SB 356 (2024)	bill		enacted	Russet Perry	6	58	11	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d4b52cce-1119-4e3b-b4f5-78d29c205b9d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB356	7b40c5ed71255f2086a396cedbeb7db68fdc240969b22440408a05a17a36f40f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 356 (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 HB 102.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0770 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106453D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24107231D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee substitute printed 24107778D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Conference substitute printed 24108973D-S3 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB356ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (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
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N 2-A) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Russet Perry — primary (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104915D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 2024-01-24 Racial and ethnic impact statement from JLARC (SB356)
• 2024-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Committee substitute printed 24106453D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107231D-S2 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB356S1)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute rejected 24106453D-S1
• 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24107231D-S2 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB356S2 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB356S2)
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Committee substitute printed 24107778D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB356H1)
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Committee on Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 24107778D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB356H1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Passed House with substitute with amendment BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) amendment-failure
• 2024-02-29 House insisted on substitute with amendment substitution
• 2024-02-29 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-04 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-04 Senators: Perry, Salim, Stanley
• 2024-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-05 Delegates: Reaser, Maldonado, Earley
• 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-08 Conference substitute printed 24108973D-S3
• 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)
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB356S3)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB356ER) 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
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB356ER)
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 770 (effective 1/1/25) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4b52cce-1119-4e3b-b4f5-78d29c205b9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).