Nonconfidential court records; clerk of court shall make records available to public upon request. (HB780)
Introduced By
Del. Greg Habeeb (R-Salem) with support from co-patron Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Public access to nonconfidential court records. Provides that a clerk of court or the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall make nonconfidential court records or reports of aggregated, nonconfidential case data available to the public upon request. The bill specifies that such records or reports shall be provided no later than 30 days after the request. The bill further provides that the clerk may charge a fee for responding to such request that shall not exceed the actual cost incurred in accessing, duplicating, reviewing, supplying, or searching for the requested records. Finally, the bill requires the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to make available to the public an online case information system of nonconfidential information for criminal cases by July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to SB 564. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/09/2018 | Committee |
| 01/09/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104557D |
| 01/09/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/16/2018 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 01/31/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
| 02/01/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB780) |
| 02/05/2018 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18106425D-H1 |
| 02/07/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB780H1) |
| 02/07/2018 | Read first time |
| 02/08/2018 | Read second time |
| 02/08/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18106425D-H1 |
| 02/08/2018 | Amendments by Delegate Habeeb agreed to |
| 02/08/2018 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB780EH1 |
| 02/08/2018 | Printed as engrossed 18106425D-EH1 |
| 02/09/2018 | Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/09/2018 | VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/12/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/14/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB780EH1) |
| 02/14/2018 | Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2018 | Read third time |
| 02/19/2018 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2018 | Enrolled |
| 02/21/2018 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB780ER) |
| 02/21/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB780ER) |
| 02/21/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/23/2018 | Signed by President |
| 02/26/2018 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018 |
| 02/26/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018 |
| 03/02/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 127 (effective - see bill) |
| 03/02/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127) |