republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1044.md

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Bill	Nonconfidential court records; secure remote access, date of birth verification.	Provides that the Supreme Court and any other court clerk may provide online access to subscribers who have entered into an agreement with the clerk to have secure remote access to court records of nonconfidential criminal case information to confirm the complete date of birth of a defendant. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1044	Virginia SB 1044 (2017)	bill	Courts of Record Criminal Procedure	enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	4	19	7	2017-01-05	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/272ab089-27a6-45df-8ab0-5016575777cd	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1044	8d277e2bcdc256baa80c7df618814bad81f15ca763036ed5afc53c2cc6ef44fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1044 (2017) — Nonconfidential court records; secure remote access, date of birth verification.

Provides that the Supreme Court and any other court clerk may provide online access to subscribers who have entered into an agreement with the clerk to have secure remote access to court records of nonconfidential criminal case information to confirm the complete date of birth of a defendant. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0092) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1044ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104905D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102229D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102229D introduction
• 2017-01-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104905D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1044S1
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled
• 2017-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-15 Signed by President
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
• 2017-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 92 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/272ab089-27a6-45df-8ab0-5016575777cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).