General district court; retention of case records. (SB979)

Introduced By

Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk) with support from co-patron Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Retention of case records; general district court. Permits the chief judge of a general district court to direct the clerk of that court to destroy documents related to civil and criminal cases that have been ended for a period of three years, provided that they have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Currently, such documents must be retained for 10 years.

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Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13
01/08/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102799D
01/08/2013Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/21/2013Impact statement from DPB (SB979)
02/01/2013Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2013Committee substitute printed 13104875D-S1
02/01/2013Incorporates SB1202
02/04/2013Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2013Read second time
02/05/2013Reading of substitute waived
02/05/2013Committee substitute agreed to 13104875D-S1
02/05/2013Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB979S1
02/05/2013Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2013Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2013Placed on Calendar
02/11/2013Read first time
02/11/2013Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/11/2013Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2013Read second time
02/14/2013Read third time
02/14/2013Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/14/2013VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2013Enrolled
02/19/2013Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB979ER)
02/19/2013Signed by Speaker
02/20/2013Signed by President
02/21/2013Impact statement from DPB (SB979ER)
03/14/2013G Approved by Governor-Chapter 377 (effective 7/1/13)
03/14/2013G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0377)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 3 minutes.