republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-637.md

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Bill	Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, etc.; duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth.	Collections of fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, etc.; duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth; consultation with clerk. Requires that at least 30 days prior to the execution of a contract with a private attorney or private collection agency to undertake the collection of fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall consult with the clerk of the circuit court.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 637	Virginia SB 637 (2024)	bill		enacted	Emily M. Jordan	4	32	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/1becc2ab-ee4c-4087-92a5-b42dec1922ff	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB637	245e520f6ce3d858f6dbcfc5ba051ace601ee33f2231c8b03264f5692803d254	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 637 (2024) — Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, etc.; duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth.

Collections of fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, etc.; duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth; consultation with clerk. Requires that at least 30 days prior to the execution of a contract with a private attorney or private collection agency to undertake the collection of fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall consult with the clerk of the circuit court.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0518 (committee substitute) — source
2. Presented and ordered printed 24104406D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24104406D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB637ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Presented and ordered printed 24104406D introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-02-07 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB637E
• 2024-02-07 Printed as engrossed 24104406D-E
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-29 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-29 Motion to reconsider passed by for the day agreed to
• 2024-02-29 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB637ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 518 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1becc2ab-ee4c-4087-92a5-b42dec1922ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).