---
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).