republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1903.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Business records; admissibility in criminal proceedings.	Business records; admissibility in criminal proceedings.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1903	Virginia HB 1903 (2017)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure	enacted	Steve E. Heretick	3	15	6	2017-01-10	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/d175f77e-bdb0-4212-b082-596ed6ad5c16	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1903	ba8a8b7ebf2b0c86fb3e5119686467fbc03c8b64a5b937d3bc841109a4c9d098	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1903 (2017) — Business records; admissibility in criminal proceedings.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1903ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101374D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 12–2 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 34–6 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 94–5 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101374D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 223 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d175f77e-bdb0-4212-b082-596ed6ad5c16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).