Virginia Senate Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Court fees. Provides for the acceptance of debit cards in addition to credit cards and allows the clerk to outsource the processing of credit and debit card transactions. The bill also provides that the clerk may charge a convenience fee for processing credit or debit cards of up to $2 per transaction or four percent of the amount paid. Currently, such fee may not exceed four percent of the amount paid. The bill also provides that certain court fees collected by the clerk shall be deposited into a special revenue fund held by the clerk. The bill also institutes a fee of $25 for recording an order to celebrate the rites of marriage by a non-minister.

Circuit court clerks; fees charged and collected.

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

2012-02-29 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-29 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)
2012-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-03-07		Senate: Signed by President
2012-03-05		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-03-05		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB251ER)
2012-03-05		Senate: Enrolled
2012-02-29		Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-29		Senate: Passed by temporarily
2012-02-29		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2012-02-29		House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2012-02-29		House: Engrossed by House as amended
2012-02-29		House: Committee amendment agreed to
2012-02-29		House: Read third time
2012-02-28		House: Read second time
2012-02-27		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (18-Y 0-N)
2012-02-27		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
2012-02-20		House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
2012-02-16		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-02-16		House: Read first time
2012-02-16		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-02-14		Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-14		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-14		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB251S2
2012-02-14		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12105301D-S2
2012-02-14		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2012-02-14		Senate: Committee substitute rejected 12104679D-S1
2012-02-14		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2012-02-14		Senate: Read second time
2012-02-13		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-09		Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105301D-S2
2012-02-09		Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2012-01-30		Senate: Rereferred to Finance
2012-01-30		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2012-01-30		Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 12104679D-S1
2012-01-30		Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104679D-S1
2012-01-10		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-10		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102108D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	1	275	(n/a)	See Bill Text
17	1	275.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	336	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	353.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	446	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB251
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB251+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB251S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB251S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB251ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0714+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S03V0068+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S05V0128+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0392SB0251+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0416SB0251+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0417SB0251+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H0802V0098+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H08V0278+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1211+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0770SB0251+SB0251