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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia SB 725

Circuit court clerks; fees, allocation of Technology Trust Fund Fee.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED

Circuit court clerks; fees; Technology Trust Fund Fee; report; recordation tax of certain deeds; report. Increases the Technology Trust Fund Fee from $5 to $8. The bill also increases the amount of the fee to be allocated for one of the purposes as described in current law from $4 to $6. The bill authorizes the remaining $2 of the fee to be allocated to individual circuit court clerks' offices for one of the purposes as described in current law. 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. Finally, the bill directs (i) the clerk in each circuit court in the Commonwealth to provide detailed information to the Compensation Board and the Auditor of Public Accounts on the total amount of local Technology Trust Fund Fee revenue collected and expended and (ii) the Compensation Board to aggregate such information and submit a report summarizing the information to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2026.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 14, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 13, 2026
Senate		Adopt Conference Committee Report RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
Senate		Concur House Substitute RfailSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
Senate		Accede Conference Committee RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 2, 2026
House		Reported from Courts of Justice with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 25, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reportingpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 13, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 11, 2026
Senate		Constitutional reading dispensed RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 10, 2026
Senate		Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 2, 2026
Senate		Reported from Courts of Justice with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see

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