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type: "Bill"
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title: "Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging, etc., of wills."
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description: "Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging of wills. Increases from $2 to $5 the fee that the circuit court clerk is required to charge for lodging, indexing, and preserving a will. This bill is identical to HB 305."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 940"
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citation: "Virginia SB 940 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-13"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19eed9b1-fb69-4733-8983-737dc3124251"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB940"
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source_hash: "0a9be165095baa793922f25ce5f7bfccdeebbcef9d7628fffb76e7564a07a2a9"
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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 SB 940 (2020) — Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging, etc., of wills.
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Circuit court clerk's fee; lodging of wills. Increases from $2 to $5 the fee that the circuit court clerk is required to charge for lodging, indexing, and preserving a will. This bill is identical to HB 305.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0589)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB940ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB940ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB940)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB940)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) — **81–16** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 20102913D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-13** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB940)
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- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-21** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** Passed House (82-Y 16-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N)
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB940ER)
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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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/19eed9b1-fb69-4733-8983-737dc3124251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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