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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electronic case papers; transmission between district and circuit courts."
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description: "Makes applicable to juvenile and domestic relations district courts current provisions related to electronic case papers and transmission of such papers between the general district courts and the circuit courts by relocating such provisions from a statute specifically addressing general district courts to a statute applicable to all district courts. The bill also allows the appellate court clerk to request the forwarding of paper trial records. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to"
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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: "SB 524"
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citation: "Virginia SB 524 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c6f2d2c-ae03-4787-983d-760243b06771"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB524"
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source_hash: "ac2e8912d05f3368d05ff384f51d6a33c2e7ecd0efd9db79207e81c85207ae50"
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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 SB 524 (2018) — Electronic case papers; transmission between district and circuit courts.
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Makes applicable to juvenile and domestic relations district courts current provisions related to electronic case papers and transmission of such papers between the general district courts and the circuit courts by relocating such provisions from a statute specifically addressing general district courts to a statute applicable to all district courts. The bill also allows the appellate court clerk to request the forwarding of paper trial records. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to
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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. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB524ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB524ER)
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2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101387D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB524)
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## Votes
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101387D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2018-02-19** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2018-02-19** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-21** Passed by temporarily
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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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 134 (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/8c6f2d2c-ae03-4787-983d-760243b06771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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