republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1396.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Clerks' offices; days of operation, clerks' authority to close office.	Days of operation of clerks' offices; clerks'authority to close office. Allows the clerk of the circuit courtof any county or city to close the clerk's office on (i) ChristmasEve; (ii) any day when such clerk determines that operation of theclerk's office, under prevailing conditions, would constitute a threatto the health and safety of the clerk's office personnel or the generalpublic; (iii) any day or portion of a day that the Governor declaresas a holiday for state employees; and (iv) any day or portion ofa day on which the Governor, Supreme Court, or Judicial Council authorizesstate offices to be closed. Under current law, the clerk may onlyclose the clerk's office once a judge authorizes such clerk to doso.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1396	Virginia HB 1396 (2024)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	4	28	7	2024-01-16	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/35168929-a8f5-475b-8de1-f585b3207836	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1396	bc0e594e2ebbf85dc958a3395d1a1c8822b8ac0322353e24e053b63cedb36328	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1396 (2024) — Clerks' offices; days of operation, clerks' authority to close office.

Days of operation of clerks' offices; clerks'authority to close office. Allows the clerk of the circuit courtof any county or city to close the clerk's office on (i) ChristmasEve; (ii) any day when such clerk determines that operation of theclerk's office, under prevailing conditions, would constitute a threatto the health and safety of the clerk's office personnel or the generalpublic; (iii) any day or portion of a day that the Governor declaresas a holiday for state employees; and (iv) any day or portion ofa day on which the Governor, Supreme Court, or Judicial Council authorizesstate offices to be closed. Under current law, the clerk may onlyclose the clerk's office once a judge authorizes such clerk to doso.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0482 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24108024D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1396ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24105197D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N) — 71–26 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 12-N) — 87–12 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N 1-A) — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 24105197D introduction
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Assigned Courts sub: Judicial referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (72-Y 26-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-21 Committee substitute printed 24108024D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 24108024D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1396S1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N 1-A) passage
• 2024-02-28 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108024D-S1 (88-Y 12-N) substitution
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 12-N)
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1396ER) passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 482 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35168929-a8f5-475b-8de1-f585b3207836. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).