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Bill	Order of publication; electronic notice.	Order of publication; electronic notice. Providesthat a court may permit notice of an order of publication to be givenby electronic means in addition to or in lieu of publication in a newspaper, under such terms and conditions as the court may direct.This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 834	Virginia HB 834 (2020)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	3	21	6	2020-01-07	2020-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/b4835693-9b26-4426-95ea-7dd4d9df479b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB834	bc5c8e07582903a0e4bfb67c7b1c6f7e95de88caea7d45438ab51e16c527d657	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 834 (2020) — Order of publication; electronic notice.

Order of publication; electronic notice. Providesthat a court may permit notice of an order of publication to be givenby electronic means in addition to or in lieu of publication in a newspaper, under such terms and conditions as the court may direct.This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0159) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB834ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB834ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102380D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-28 VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 Enrolled
• 2020-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-24 Signed by President
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
• 2020-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
• 2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 159 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4835693-9b26-4426-95ea-7dd4d9df479b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).