republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-228.md

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Bill	Virginia Public Records Act; records retained in electronic medium.	Virginia Public Records Act; records retained in electronic medium.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 228	Virginia HB 228 (2018)	bill	Computer Services and Uses Libraries	enacted	Mark L. Cole	2	15	6	2017-12-29	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/c72caa35-3ad0-4547-bf97-77fb79e5de13	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB228	a49f0e5b2d7d61fb2179fce7ffb665a99e94920ac8da96320144d5792234c3f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 228 (2018) — Virginia Public Records Act; records retained in electronic medium.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB228ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102370D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mark L. Cole — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102370D introduction
• 2017-12-29 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-01 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 252 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c72caa35-3ad0-4547-bf97-77fb79e5de13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).