District courts; record retention. (HB1013)

Introduced By

Del. Jeff Campbell (R-Marion) with support from co-patrons Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), and Sen. Ben Chafin (R-Lebanon)

Progress

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

Description

Record retention in district courts. Permits the chief judge of a juvenile and domestic relations 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 the documents have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Currently, the chief judge of a general district court has such authority. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2014Committee
01/08/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100364D
01/08/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/16/2014Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
01/20/2014Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
01/27/2014Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2014Read first time
01/30/2014Read second time and engrossed
01/31/2014Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
01/31/2014VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2014Constitutional reading dispensed
02/03/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/17/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB1013)
02/19/2014Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2014Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/24/2014Read third time
02/24/2014Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/26/2014Enrolled
02/26/2014Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1013ER)
02/26/2014Signed by Speaker
02/27/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB1013ER)
02/28/2014Signed by President
03/24/2014G Approved by Governor-Chapter 287 (effective 7/1/14)
03/24/2014G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 59 seconds.