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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Virginia State Bar; rules and regulations relating to schedule of fees for members.	Members of the Virginia State Bar; rules and regulations relating to schedule of fees. Increases from $250 to $350 the annual fee cap that an attorney member of the Virginia State Bar may be required to pay pursuant to any rules and regulations promulgated related to fixing a schedule of fees.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 276	Virginia HB 276 (2026)	bill		enacted	Terry G. Kilgore	6	40	10	2026-01-09	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/fef9de44-13ae-439c-a5c0-6467441fc95d	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB276	646002b26c829b2d2fcf14c9db1f817518f0c8bad0ef5bffb605decdd3ed4f62	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 276 (2026) — Virginia State Bar; rules and regulations relating to schedule of fees for members.

Members of the Virginia State Bar; rules and regulations relating to schedule of fees. Increases from $250 to $350 the annual fee cap that an attorney member of the Virginia State Bar may be required to pay pursuant to any rules and regulations promulgated related to fixing a schedule of fees.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Insist & Request R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 0–97 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Will Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103595D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB276)
• 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-23 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-25 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A) amendment-failure
• 2026-02-27 Senate insisted on amendments Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-04 House Conferees: Sullivan, Hope, Kilgore
• 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-04 Senate Conferees: Deeds, Perry, Obenshain
• 2026-03-11 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 3-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB276ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB276)
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB276)
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fef9de44-13ae-439c-a5c0-6467441fc95d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).