republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1338.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courthouses; website posting of notices."
description: "Courthouse and website posting of notices.Provides that, effective July 1, 2025, if any notice, summons,order, or other official document of any type is required to be postedpursuant to a provision of the Code on or at the front door of acourthouse or on a public bulletin board at a courthouse, it shall constitute compliance with this requirement if such document is(i) posted on the public government website of the locality served by the court or the website of any court, court clerk, sheriff, orcommissioner of accounts of the locality or (ii) posted with suchother documents at or near the principal public entrance to the courthousein a location that is conspicuous to the public and approved by thechief judge of the circuit in which the courthouse is situated. Underthe law as it currently will become effective July 1, 2025, for thewebsite posting the document must be posted on either the publicgovernment website of the locality served by the court or the websiteof the circuit court clerk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1338"
citation: "Virginia HB 1338 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2525f5e-20b0-4060-9cd0-4b106b14661c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1338"
source_hash: "14c53f7c5f90f1230da27b513d7433b25fd326ec01f840ba52c6135ebb8176e1"
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 1338 (2024) — Courthouses; website posting of notices.

Courthouse and website posting of notices.Provides that, effective July 1, 2025, if any notice, summons,order, or other official document of any type is required to be postedpursuant to a provision of the Code on or at the front door of acourthouse or on a public bulletin board at a courthouse, it shall constitute compliance with this requirement if such document is(i) posted on the public government website of the locality served by the court or the website of any court, court clerk, sheriff, orcommissioner of accounts of the locality or (ii) posted with suchother documents at or near the principal public entrance to the courthousein a location that is conspicuous to the public and approved by thechief judge of the circuit in which the courthouse is situated. Underthe law as it currently will become effective July 1, 2025, for thewebsite posting the document must be posted on either the publicgovernment website of the locality served by the court or the websiteof the circuit court clerk.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0655** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0655)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24108562D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1338S1)
3. **HB1338ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1338ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24104262D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1338)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 24104262D `introduction`
- **2024-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute printed 24108562D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 24108562D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1338S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108562D-S1 (100-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1338ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 655 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2525f5e-20b0-4060-9cd0-4b106b14661c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).