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