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Bill Government records; digital certification. Provides for the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in cooperation with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, to develop standards for the use of digital signatures by government agencies on electronic records generated by such agencies. The bill further provides that such agencies may provide copies of digital records, via a website or upon request, and may charge a fee of $5 for each digitally certified copy of an electronic record. Any digitally certified record submitted to a court in the Commonwealth shall be deemed to be authenticated by the custodian of the record. The bill defines "agency" to include all state agencies and local government entities, including constitutional officers, except circuit court clerks. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 1341 Virginia SB 1341 (2017)
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Virginia SB 1341 (2017) — Government records; digital certification.

Provides for the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in cooperation with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, to develop standards for the use of digital signatures by government agencies on electronic records generated by such agencies. The bill further provides that such agencies may provide copies of digital records, via a website or upon request, and may charge a fee of $5 for each digitally certified copy of an electronic record. Any digitally certified record submitted to a court in the Commonwealth shall be deemed to be authenticated by the custodian of the record. The bill defines "agency" to include all state agencies and local government entities, including constitutional officers, except circuit court clerks.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105529D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1341ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100671D (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100671D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Science and Technology with amendments — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — 141 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100671D introduction
  • 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2017-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-02 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2017-02-02 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2017-02-02 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1341E
  • 2017-02-02 Printed as engrossed 17100671D-E
  • 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Science and Technology referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-21 Committee on Science and Technology amendments rejected
  • 2017-02-21 Committee on General Laws substitute agreed to 17105529D-H1
  • 2017-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1341H1
  • 2017-02-21 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-02-22 Title replaced 17105529D-H1
  • 2017-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
  • 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 738 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca7cb7e5-95f4-488a-baac-53f91c954aff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).