Vital Records, Office of; fees for certified copies, annual report.
Summary
Office of Vital Records; fees for certified copies. Permits the Board of Health to prescribe a fee of up to $15 for a certified copy of vital records and directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect a fee of $15 for each certified copy of a vital record that it issues. Under current law, both fees are limited to $12.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 12, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
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MINOR
This bill updates the official session and chapter number for Virginia's 2026 legislative acts and specifies the exact approval date as April 13, 2026. The substantive text regarding the Office of Vital Records and its fee structure remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; only the administrative metadata regarding the session year, chapter number, and approval date was updated.
TECHNICAL
The session header was updated to reflect the 2026 session and the specific chapter number was assigned as Chapter 616.
The specific approval date of April 13, 2026 was added to the bill text.
Generic placeholders for the session year and chapter number were removed in favor of the specific 2026 and Chapter 616 details.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Mar 10, 2026
D
Democratic20
95% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 616 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB450ER)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
House committee offered
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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