HB 171 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers; electronic signatures.

Summary

Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers;electronic signatures. Clarifies that an electronic signatureor a digital image of a signature shall satisfy the requirement in current law that every pleading, motion, or other paper of a partybe signed by at least one attorney of record. This bill is a recommendationof the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2024

Committee Review

Feb 2024

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2024

Senate Passage

Feb 2024

Signed into Law

Mar 2024

Introduced Jan 2, 2024 Signed Mar 8, 2024

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2024

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Feb 19, 2024

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 8, 2024

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 20 (effective 7/1/24)

executive

Feb 24, 2024

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 21, 2024

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 21, 2024

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB171ER)

lower

Feb 19, 2024

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 14, 2024

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 2, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

Feb 1, 2024

Lower · Passed

VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 1, 2024

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 26, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 22, 2024

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 19, 2024

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Civil

lower

Jan 2, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors