republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-171.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	Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers; electronic signatures.	Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers;electronic signatures. Clarifies that an electronic signatureor a digital image of a signature shall satisfy the requirement in current law that every pleading, motion, or other paper of a partybe signed by at least one attorney of record. This bill is a recommendationof the Boyd-Graves Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 171	Virginia HB 171 (2024)	bill		enacted	Karen Keys-Gamarra	3	23	6	2024-01-02	2024-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/9678edc8-9d67-442b-87c3-da60109d9ab6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB171	f936970ed414290be8fc62ca3926777ee874a60acf7517d50a826a2a9c3fd430	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 171 (2024) — Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers; electronic signatures.

Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers;electronic signatures. Clarifies that an electronic signatureor a digital image of a signature shall satisfy the requirement in current law that every pleading, motion, or other paper of a partybe signed by at least one attorney of record. This bill is a recommendationof the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0020 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB171ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102426D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Karen Keys-Gamarra — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102426D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-21 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB171ER) passage
• 2024-02-21 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-24 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 20 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9678edc8-9d67-442b-87c3-da60109d9ab6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).