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type: "Bill"
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title: "Retention of case records; electronic format."
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description: "Allows the clerk of a district court to destroy the papers, records, and documents in civil and criminal cases after the case has ended if such papers, records, and documents have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Under current law, such records can be destroyed after three years. Current law exceptions for records with administrative, fiscal, historical, or legal value and records for certain specified misdemeanors are retained."
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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 1310"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1310 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Computer Services and Uses", "Courts Not of Record"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joseph C. Lindsey"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6f4072c-8a5b-4645-b480-7d5e565d8b2a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1310"
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source_hash: "40c2606b8df53ac68f7fecaa277e324404ee3514beec512a2f403b4ff71817d6"
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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 1310 (2018) — Retention of case records; electronic format.
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Allows the clerk of a district court to destroy the papers, records, and documents in civil and criminal cases after the case has ended if such papers, records, and documents have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Under current law, such records can be destroyed after three years. Current law exceptions for records with administrative, fiscal, historical, or legal value and records for certain specified misdemeanors are retained.
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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 (HB1310ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1310ER)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18106695D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1310H1)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18103965D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1310)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 18103965D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-18** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `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 18106695D-H1
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- **2018-02-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1310H1
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- **2018-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (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 128 (effective 7/1/18) `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/f6f4072c-8a5b-4645-b480-7d5e565d8b2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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