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| Bill | Administration of government; state publications to be made available in electronic format. | Administration of government; general provisions; state publications to be made available in electronic format. Requires state publications provided to (i) the General Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or (ii) the chairman or agency head of such entity and publications of any agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity to be made available as read-only and text-searchable Portable Document Format (.pdf) files or some other widely used and accessible read-only and text-searchable electronic document format. All requests for such reports or publications shall be made electronically unless expressly requested otherwise. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 719 | Virginia HB 719 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 719 (2020) — Administration of government; state publications to be made available in electronic format.
Administration of government; general provisions; state publications to be made available in electronic format. Requires state publications provided to (i) the General Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or (ii) the chairman or agency head of such entity and publications of any agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity to be made available as read-only and text-searchable Portable Document Format (.pdf) files or some other widely used and accessible read-only and text-searchable electronic document format. All requests for such reports or publications shall be made electronically unless expressly requested otherwise.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB719ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB719E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB719) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendments (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David A. Reid — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101019D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB719)
- 2020-01-16 Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
referral-committee - 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N)
- 2020-01-27 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendments (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-30 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-30 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB719E
- 2020-01-30 Printed as engrossed 20101019D-E
- 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-31 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
- 2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB719E)
- 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-27 Enrolled
- 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB719ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-03-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- 2020-03-06 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 421 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/551c215e-f5c3-4356-984c-a5db454439e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).