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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Order of publication; electronic notice."
+description: "Order of publication; electronic notice. Providesthat a court may permit notice of an order of publication to be givenby electronic means in addition to or in lieu of publication in a newspaper, under such terms and conditions as the court may direct.This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 834"
+citation: "Virginia HB 834 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-03-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4835693-9b26-4426-95ea-7dd4d9df479b"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB834"
+source_hash: "bc5c8e07582903a0e4bfb67c7b1c6f7e95de88caea7d45438ab51e16c527d657"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 834 (2020) — Order of publication; electronic notice.
+
+Order of publication; electronic notice. Providesthat a court may permit notice of an order of publication to be givenby electronic means in addition to or in lieu of publication in a newspaper, under such terms and conditions as the court may direct.This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0159)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0159)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB834ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB834ER)
+3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB834ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB834)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102380D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-28** VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
+- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
+- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 159 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4835693-9b26-4426-95ea-7dd4d9df479b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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