Circuit court clerks; fees collected for recording and indexing.
Summary
Fees collected by circuit court clerks for recording and indexing; use of fee in preserving permanent records of the circuit courts. Increases by $2 the fees for the recording and indexing of certain documents. The bill further increases from $1.50 to $3.50 the portion of the recording and indexing fee collected by circuit court clerks that is designated for use in preserving the permanent records of the circuit courts. This bill is identical to HB 306.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 13, 2020
Signed Apr 6, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 26, 2020
How they voted
21–19
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2020
D
Democratic21
90% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Apr 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 653 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (85-Y 13-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20102909D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
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