Virginia House Bill 448 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on February 9 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-07-21 - Continued from last session
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Land records; certain financing statements; recording and indexing fees. Sets forth the fees that a clerk of the circuit court shall charge for recording and indexing a multipurpose deed of trust or mortgage, described in the bill as a deed of trust or mortgage, whether or not commercial, that serves multiple purposes and contains two or more components that may serve as independent legal instruments for independent legal purposes. The bill provides that no clerk of a circuit court shall assess separate recording and indexing fees for such multipurpose deed of trust or mortgage unless the person presenting such document or instruments requests that such document or instruments be recorded and indexed in more than a single instance. 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.

Land records; certain financing statements, recording and indexing fees.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-21	Senate	Continued from last session
2026-02-25	Senate	Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2026-02-18	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
2026-02-11	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2026-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-10	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-09	House	Read second time and engrossed
2026-02-06	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB448)
2026-02-06	House	Read first time
2026-02-04	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
2026-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2026-01-26	House	Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
2026-01-22	House	Referred from General Laws and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
2026-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2026-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103483D

HB448 (Carry Over) 2026-02-25 - Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB448
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB448/text/HB448
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133297.PDF