HB 1757 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Compensation of court-appointed counsel.

Summary

Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Clarifies that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no person found indigent, or child's parents or other persons responsible for the care of a child found indigent, and who is represented by a public defender or court-appointed counsel shall have fees assessed against him for legal representation in an amount greater than the amount such person or such child would have owed if the assessment took place on or before June 30, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill is identical to SB 901.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 5, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill converts HB 1757 from an enrolled legislative bill into a chaptered act, officially enacting the compensation standards for court-appointed counsel in Virginia. The substantive legal text of § 19.2-163 remains unchanged, establishing fee schedules for criminal defense attorneys representing indigent defendants across district and circuit courts.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a standard enrolled bill layout to the official chaptered act format, including chapter number (Chapter 73), approval date (March 18, 2025), and adjusted page breaks.

Line breaks and spacing were adjusted throughout the text to comply with the Virginia Acts of Assembly publication standards, but no substantive legal language was altered.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2025

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Feb 7, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 18, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 73 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1757ER)

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N)

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N)

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)

lower

Jan 12, 2025

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Criminal

lower

Jan 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors