republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2058.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remote access to land records; fee, Department of General Services."
description: "Exempts the Department of General Services, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, and the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority from paying any fee for remote access to land records. The bill also provides that if a clerk of the circuit court who provides secure remote access to land records contracts with an outside vendor to provide such remote access to subscribers, such contract shall contain a provision exempting the Department of General Services, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, and the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority from paying any access or subscription fee. The bill further provides that when an agreement for such remote access is made between a state agency and the clerk or an outside vendor, the agreement shall provide that the state agency is required to monitor its employees' activity under such agreement to ensure compliance with its terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2058"
citation: "Virginia HB 2058 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Courts of Record"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9159df8a-b593-412f-a398-705a15eb7618"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2058"
source_hash: "45dc15a0a57de54688cd6ad8648ff40b41615c7891a0f4ed0bfb34de58b92fd1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2058 (2019) — Remote access to land records; fee, Department of General Services.

Exempts the Department of General Services, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, and the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority from paying any fee for remote access to land records. The bill also provides that if a clerk of the circuit court who provides secure remote access to land records contracts with an outside vendor to provide such remote access to subscribers, such contract shall contain a provision exempting the Department of General Services, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, and the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority from paying any access or subscription fee. The bill further provides that when an agreement for such remote access is made between a state agency and the clerk or an outside vendor, the agreement shall provide that the state agency is required to monitor its employees' activity under such agreement to ensure compliance with its terms.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0611)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0611)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2058AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2058)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2058ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2058ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101871D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2058)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101871D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2058E)
7. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106585D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2058S1)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106585D-S1 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101871D `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended HB2058E
- **2019-01-29** Printed as engrossed 19101871D-E
- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 19106585D-S1
- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2058S1
- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-18** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106585D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 611 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9159df8a-b593-412f-a398-705a15eb7618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).