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type: "Bill"
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title: "Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees."
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description: "Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would have owed if such fees had been assessed on or before June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 102."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 356"
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citation: "Virginia SB 356 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Russet Perry"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 58
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4b52cce-1119-4e3b-b4f5-78d29c205b9d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB356"
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source_hash: "7b40c5ed71255f2086a396cedbeb7db68fdc240969b22440408a05a17a36f40f"
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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 356 (2024) — Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.
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Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would have owed if such fees had been assessed on or before June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 102.
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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. **CHAP0770** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0770)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106453D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB356S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24107231D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB356S2)
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4. **Committee substitute printed 24107778D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB356H1)
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5. **Conference substitute printed 24108973D-S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB356S3)
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6. **SB356ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB356ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (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: Adoption (97-Y 0-N 2-A) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–39** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Russet Perry — primary (person)
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- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104915D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
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- **2024-01-24** Racial and ethnic impact statement from JLARC (SB356)
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- **2024-01-29** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-29** Committee substitute printed 24106453D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-29** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-07** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24107231D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB356S1)
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute rejected 24106453D-S1
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- **2024-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24107231D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB356S2 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB356S2)
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- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Committee substitute printed 24107778D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB356H1)
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- **2024-02-21** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Committee on Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 24107778D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-26** Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB356H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed House with substitute with amendment BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-02-29** House insisted on substitute with amendment `substitution`
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- **2024-02-29** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-04** Senators: Perry, Salim, Stanley
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- **2024-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-05** Delegates: Reaser, Maldonado, Earley
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- **2024-03-08** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-08** Conference substitute printed 24108973D-S3
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB356S3)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB356ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB356ER)
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 770 (effective 1/1/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770)
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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/d4b52cce-1119-4e3b-b4f5-78d29c205b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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