republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-378.md

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Bill	Electronic case papers; transmission between district and circuit courts.	Makes applicable to juvenile and domestic relations district courts current provisions related to electronic case papers and transmission of such papers between the general district courts and the circuit courts by relocating such provisions from a statute specifically addressing general district courts to a statute applicable to all district courts. The bill also allows the appellate court clerk to request the forwarding of paper trial records. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 378	Virginia HB 378 (2018)	bill		enacted	Gregory D. Habeeb	4	18	6	2018-01-05	2018-02-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c3c740e7-e00d-4f4c-9635-1768c039e781	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB378	dab7b4a9f1064043501c841601c5b9e97972089f07646aa18c2608ef23709573	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 378 (2018) — Electronic case papers; transmission between district and circuit courts.

Makes applicable to juvenile and domestic relations district courts current provisions related to electronic case papers and transmission of such papers between the general district courts and the circuit courts by relocating such provisions from a statute specifically addressing general district courts to a statute applicable to all district courts. The bill also allows the appellate court clerk to request the forwarding of paper trial records. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and 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. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB378ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101385D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 18101385D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 18–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101385D introduction
• 2018-01-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-01 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB378E
• 2018-02-01 Printed as engrossed 18101385D-E
• 2018-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-16 Enrolled
• 2018-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-19 Signed by President
• 2018-02-19 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
• 2018-02-19 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 32 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3c740e7-e00d-4f4c-9635-1768c039e781. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).