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| Bill | Compensation of court-appointed counsel. | Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Clarifies that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no person found indigent or child's parents or other persons responsible for the care of a child found indigent and who is represented by a public defender or court-appointed counsel shall have fees assessed against him for legal representation in an amount greater than the amount such person or such child would have owed if the assessment took place on or before June 30, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill is identical to HB 1757. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 901 | Virginia SB 901 (2025) |
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3 | 24 | 5 | 2025-01-05 | 2025-03-18 | openstates | ocd-bill/3a14954f-426d-4ea4-a123-a6a112c81589 | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB901 | c189a8cf3aa5f6eaae46c898cf600cf3c2955ae781e5a11d35d15370f3d0c286 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia SB 901 (2025) — Compensation of court-appointed counsel.
Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Clarifies that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no person found indigent or child's parents or other persons responsible for the care of a child found indigent and who is represented by a public defender or court-appointed counsel shall have fees assessed against him for legal representation in an amount greater than the amount such person or such child would have owed if the assessment took place on or before June 30, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill is identical to HB 1757.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (87-Y 8-N) — 87–8 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Russet Perry — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104536D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB901)
- 2025-01-20 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-21 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-21 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-23 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-10 Passed House (87-Y 8-N)
passage - 2025-02-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-11 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB901ER)
passage - 2025-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB901)
- 2025-02-11 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-13 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 89 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a14954f-426d-4ea4-a123-a6a112c81589. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).