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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia State Bar; rules and regulations relating to schedule of fees for members."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 276"
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citation: "Virginia HB 276 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fef9de44-13ae-439c-a5c0-6467441fc95d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB276"
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source_hash: "646002b26c829b2d2fcf14c9db1f817518f0c8bad0ef5bffb605decdd3ed4f62"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 276 (2026) — Virginia State Bar; rules and regulations relating to schedule of fees for members.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083369.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218920.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1205437.HTML)
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4. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171270.HTML)
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5. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177201.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213407.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Insist & Request R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **0–97** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Will Davis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103595D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB276)
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- **2026-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-23** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A) `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-02-27** Senate insisted on amendments Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-04** House Conferees: Sullivan, Hope, Kilgore
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Conferees: Deeds, Perry, Obenshain
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- **2026-03-11** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 3-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB276ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB276)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB276)
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fef9de44-13ae-439c-a5c0-6467441fc95d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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