republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-235.md

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Bill	Acceptability of electronic medium; record of criminal proceedings to appellate court.	Provides that in a criminal proceeding in circuit court any statutory requirement for an original, original paper, paper, record, document, facsimile, memorandum, exhibit, certification, or transcript shall be satisfied if such item is in an electronic form approved for filing under the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill also provides that in a criminal proceeding any statutory authorization for the use of copies or reproductions shall be satisfied by use of such copies or reproductions in hard copy or electronic form approved for filing under the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. Under current law, only in civil proceedings are such statutory requirements and authorizations satisfied by an approved electronic form of such items. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 235	Virginia HB 235 (2018)	bill	Computer Services and Uses Courts of Record	enacted	Christopher E. Collins	2	15	6	2018-01-01	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5f4e031b-0694-478f-be72-24f6c4bfce1b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB235	d82b68f67b4bf707e74774c267121ecf9dde05d77336446b773e2dfffadf7dc6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 235 (2018) — Acceptability of electronic medium; record of criminal proceedings to appellate court.

Provides that in a criminal proceeding in circuit court any statutory requirement for an original, original paper, paper, record, document, facsimile, memorandum, exhibit, certification, or transcript shall be satisfied if such item is in an electronic form approved for filing under the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill also provides that in a criminal proceeding any statutory authorization for the use of copies or reproductions shall be satisfied by use of such copies or reproductions in hard copy or electronic form approved for filing under the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. Under current law, only in civil proceedings are such statutory requirements and authorizations satisfied by an approved electronic form of such items. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to

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 (HB235ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101382D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-01 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101382D introduction
• 2018-01-01 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-08 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y -0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 125 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f4e031b-0694-478f-be72-24f6c4bfce1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).