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SB725Introduced in the Senate

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

Passed

Introduced by Michael Jones, District 77

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0966)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

7 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 16-N 0-A) · March 14, 2026

81

Yes

16

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Presented and ordered printed 26104477D

  2. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  3. Senate committee offered

  4. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A)

  5. Committee substitute printed 26106726D-S1

  6. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)

  7. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB725)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26107641D-S2

  9. Rules suspended

  10. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  11. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  12. Read second time

  13. Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)

  14. Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

  15. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)

  16. Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)

  17. Assigned HCJ sub: Civil

  18. Placed on Calendar

  19. Read first time

  20. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  21. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB725)

  22. Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)

  23. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

  24. Committee substitute printed 26108897D-H1

  25. Read second time

  26. Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar

  27. Read third time

  28. committee substitute agreed to

  29. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  30. Passed House with substitute (87-Y 12-N 0-A)

  31. House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)

  32. House insisted on substitute

  33. House requested conference committee

  34. Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  35. Conferees appointed by Senate

  36. Senate Conferees: Jones, Carroll Foy, Stanley

  37. Conferees appointed by House

  38. House Conferees: Simon, Keys-Gamarra, Williams

  39. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB725)

  40. Conference Report released

  41. Conference Report released

  42. Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)

  43. Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 16-N 0-A)

  44. Enrolled

  45. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB725ER)

  46. Signed by President

  47. Signed by Speaker

  48. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  49. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  50. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB725)

  51. Approved by Governor-Chapter 966 (effective 7/1/2026)

  52. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0966)

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