Nonconfidential court records; clerk of court shall make records available to public upon request.
Summary
Provides that a clerk of court or the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall make nonconfidential court records or reports of aggregated, nonconfidential case data available to the public upon request. The bill specifies that such records or reports shall be provided no later than 30 days after the request. The bill further provides that the clerk may charge a fee for responding to such request that shall not exceed the actual cost incurred in accessing, duplicating, reviewing, supplying, or searching for the requested records. Finally, the bill requires the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to make available to the public an online case information system of nonconfidential information for criminal cases by July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Signed into Law
Mar 2018
Introduced Jan 9, 2018
Signed Mar 2, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 2, 2018
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 127 (effective - see bill)
executive
Feb 12, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB780EH1
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Amendments by Delegate Habeeb agreed to
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106425D-H1
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104557D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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