republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-780.md

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Bill	Nonconfidential court records; clerk of court shall make records available to public upon request.	Provides that a clerk of court or the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall make nonconfidential court records or reports of aggregated, nonconfidential case data available to the public upon request. The bill specifies that such records or reports shall be provided no later than 30 days after the request. The bill further provides that the clerk may charge a fee for responding to such request that shall not exceed the actual cost incurred in accessing, duplicating, reviewing, supplying, or searching for the requested records. Finally, the bill requires the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to make available to the public an online case information system of nonconfidential information for criminal cases by July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 780	Virginia HB 780 (2018)	bill	Administration of Government Courts Not of Record Courts of Record	enacted	Gregory D. Habeeb	4	19	6	2018-01-09	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/7b09e254-9a97-4eb2-b144-e8aee0888fb4	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB780	4aeea5b2b0b54125d28b84a680c9187fd274a58e5d27380e1dfc9f9ac16bc19d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 780 (2018) — Nonconfidential court records; clerk of court shall make records available to public upon request.

Provides that a clerk of court or the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall make nonconfidential court records or reports of aggregated, nonconfidential case data available to the public upon request. The bill specifies that such records or reports shall be provided no later than 30 days after the request. The bill further provides that the clerk may charge a fee for responding to such request that shall not exceed the actual cost incurred in accessing, duplicating, reviewing, supplying, or searching for the requested records. Finally, the bill requires the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to make available to the public an online case information system of nonconfidential information for criminal cases by July 1, 2019. 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 (HB780ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18106425D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104557D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 18106425D-EH1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104557D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 18106425D-H1
• 2018-02-08 Amendments by Delegate Habeeb agreed to amendment-passage
• 2018-02-08 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB780EH1
• 2018-02-08 Printed as engrossed 18106425D-EH1
• 2018-02-09 Read third time and passed House (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 127 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b09e254-9a97-4eb2-b144-e8aee0888fb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).