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 incorporates
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2018
Last action Mar 8, 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
27
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House with substitute (97-Y 2-N)
legislature
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB564H1
legislature
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18107387D-H1
legislature
Feb 15, 2018
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB564ES1
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106007D-S1
legislature
Jan 31, 2018
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
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 18104550D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
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