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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nonconfidential court records; clerk of court shall make records available to public upon request."
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description: "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"
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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 780"
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citation: "Virginia HB 780 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Courts Not of Record", "Courts of Record"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gregory D. Habeeb"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b09e254-9a97-4eb2-b144-e8aee0888fb4"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB780"
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source_hash: "4aeea5b2b0b54125d28b84a680c9187fd274a58e5d27380e1dfc9f9ac16bc19d"
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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 780 (2018) — Nonconfidential court records; clerk of court shall make records available to public upon request.
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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
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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 (HB780ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB780ER)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18106425D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB780H1)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104557D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB780)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 18106425D-EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB780EH1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)
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- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104557D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 18106425D-H1
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- **2018-02-08** Amendments by Delegate Habeeb agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-02-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB780EH1
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- **2018-02-08** Printed as engrossed 18106425D-EH1
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- **2018-02-09** Read third time and passed House (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 127 (effective - see bill) `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/7b09e254-9a97-4eb2-b144-e8aee0888fb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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