republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-450.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vital Records, Office of; fees for certified copies, annual report."
description: "Office of Vital Records; fees for certified copies. Permits the Board of Health to prescribe a fee of up to $15 for a certified copy of vital records and directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect a fee of $15 for each certified copy of a vital record that it issues. Under current law, both fees are limited to $12."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 450"
citation: "Virginia HB 450 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49c95ba3-8296-4f67-964b-504cce4bc774"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB450"
source_hash: "d0567bbc831598fd74225c2dcbde174adfa71eb1c8b80b4f5f469f07da27911c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 450 (2026) — Vital Records, Office of; fees for certified copies, annual report.

Office of Vital Records; fees for certified copies. Permits the Board of Health to prescribe a fee of up to $15 for a certified copy of vital records and directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect a fee of $15 for each certified copy of a vital record that it issues. Under current law, both fees are limited to $12.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084503.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221481.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103054.PDF)
4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203893.PDF)
5. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101735.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213444.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **63–35** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102646D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** House committee offered
- **2026-01-29** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB450)
- **2026-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB450)
- **2026-02-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Committee substitute printed 26109438D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB450)
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB450ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB450)
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **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 616 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49c95ba3-8296-4f67-964b-504cce4bc774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).