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| Bill | Circuit court clerks; fees, allocation of Technology Trust Fund Fee. | Circuit court clerks; fees; Technology Trust Fund Fee; report; recordation tax of certain deeds; report. Increases the Technology Trust Fund Fee from $5 to $8. The bill also increases the amount of the fee to be allocated for one of the purposes as described in current law from $4 to $6. The bill authorizes the remaining $2 of the fee to be allocated to individual circuit court clerks' offices for one of the purposes as described in current law. The bill also provides that no recordation tax shall be required of a quitclaim deed or deed to correct a fraudulently recorded deed, including a deed of trust, between a grantor and grantee when no consideration has passed between the parties. Finally, the bill directs (i) the clerk in each circuit court in the Commonwealth to provide detailed information to the Compensation Board and the Auditor of Public Accounts on the total amount of local Technology Trust Fund Fee revenue collected and expended and (ii) the Compensation Board to aggregate such information and submit a report summarizing the information to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2026. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 725 | Virginia SB 725 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 725 (2026) — Circuit court clerks; fees, allocation of Technology Trust Fund Fee.
Circuit court clerks; fees; Technology Trust Fund Fee; report; recordation tax of certain deeds; report. Increases the Technology Trust Fund Fee from $5 to $8. The bill also increases the amount of the fee to be allocated for one of the purposes as described in current law from $4 to $6. The bill authorizes the remaining $2 of the fee to be allocated to individual circuit court clerks' offices for one of the purposes as described in current law. The bill also provides that no recordation tax shall be required of a quitclaim deed or deed to correct a fraudulently recorded deed, including a deed of trust, between a grantor and grantee when no consideration has passed between the parties. Finally, the bill directs (i) the clerk in each circuit court in the Commonwealth to provide detailed information to the Compensation Board and the Auditor of Public Accounts on the total amount of local Technology Trust Fund Fee revenue collected and expended and (ii) the Compensation Board to aggregate such information and submit a report summarizing the information to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2026.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 8–6 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 81–16 (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — 0–40 (fail) · upper
- H VOTE: — 87–12 (pass) · lower
- Accede Conference Committee R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Michael J. Jones — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 26104477D
introduction - 2026-01-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-02 Committee substitute printed 26106726D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB725)
- 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107641D-S2
substitution - 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-20 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-23 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB725)
- 2026-02-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
- 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Committee substitute printed 26108897D-H1
substitution - 2026-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-04 Passed House with substitute (87-Y 12-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-04 House insisted on substitute
substitution - 2026-03-04 House requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-04 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-04 Senate Conferees: Jones, Carroll Foy, Stanley
- 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-04 House Conferees: Simon, Keys-Gamarra, Williams
- 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB725)
- 2026-03-11 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 16-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB725ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 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 - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB725)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 966 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c499127a-a1b4-4a13-9c8c-459e4fc80008. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).