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type: "Bill"
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title: "Acceptability of electronic medium; record of criminal proceedings to appellate court."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 235"
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citation: "Virginia HB 235 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Computer Services and Uses", "Courts of Record"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-01"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f4e031b-0694-478f-be72-24f6c4bfce1b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB235"
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source_hash: "d82b68f67b4bf707e74774c267121ecf9dde05d77336446b773e2dfffadf7dc6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 235 (2018) — Acceptability of electronic medium; record of criminal proceedings to appellate court.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB235ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB235ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101382D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB235)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101382D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y -0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 125 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f4e031b-0694-478f-be72-24f6c4bfce1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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