Electronic Processes
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Posting of notices; electronic posting on public government website of the locality, etc. [HB-677]
Posting of notices; electronic posting. Requires any notice, summons, order, or other official document of any type that is required to be posted on or at the front door of a courthouse or on a public bulletin board at the courthouse to also be posted on the public government website of the locality served by the court or on the website of the circuit court clerk. Under current law, the website posting is sufficient when such official document is required to be posted at the courthouse. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0683) on 04/11/2022
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Electronic credentials; discretionary fee, up to $10 per year, assessed by DMV for each individual. [SB-34]
Electronic credentials; fee. Makes discretionary the amount of the fee, up to $10 per year, assessed by the Department of Motor Vehicles for each individual issued electronic credentials or granted access to an electronic credential. Under current law, the fee is fixed at $10 per year. The bill authorizes the Department to issue electronic registration cards to individuals who hold a valid physical registration card and clarifies when a physical registration card is required. Electronic credentials; fee. Makes discretionary the amount of the fee,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0183) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Virginia Employment Commission; communications with parties, use of electronic means, report. [HB-2036]
Virginia Employment Commission; communications with parties; report. Authorizes the Virginia Employment Commission to send notices and other communications related to claims brought under the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act through email or other electronic means in lieu of mail if a party to the claim so elects. The bill requires the Commission, if an electronic communication fails to be transmitted successfully, to send a new notice by first-class mail to the party's alternative address on record. The bill directs the Commission to report
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0290) on 03/18/2021
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Property Owners' Association Act/Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. [SB-1183]
Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. Allows meetings of property owners' associations, boards of directors, unit owners' associations, executive boards, and committees to be held entirely or partially by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for the use of electronic means for such meetings. The bill requires that such guidelines ensure that persons accessing such meetings are authorized to do so and that persons
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0494) on 03/31/2021
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Estate planning documents; electronic execution, codifies Uniform Electronic Wills Act. [HB-1856]
Electronic execution of estate planning documents; Uniform Electronic Wills Act. Permits trusts, advance medical directives, and refusals to make anatomical gifts to be signed and notarized, as appropriate, by electronic means. The bill also codifies the Uniform Electronic Wills Act, which permits a testator to execute a will by electronic means. The Act requires that the will be signed by two witnesses who are in the physical or electronic presence of the testator and acknowledged by the testator and attesting witnesses in the physical or electronic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (12-y 0-n) on 02/10/2021
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Parole and conditional release; notice by electronic means and certification. [SB-1397]
Parole and conditional release of geriatric or terminally ill inmates; notice to attorney for the Commonwealth. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall set the release date for an inmate granted discretionary parole or conditional release no sooner than 30 business days from the date that the Department of Corrections receives notification from the Chairman of the Parole Board of the Board's decision to grant discretionary parole or conditional release, except that the Department of Corrections may set an earlier release date in the case
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0287) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public body authorized to conduct electronic meetings. [HB-1931]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings. Authorizes a public body to conduct through electronic communication means a meeting for which, on or before the day of the meeting, a member of the public body holding the meeting notifies the chair that such member is unable to attend the meeting due to a family member's medical condition that requires the member to provide care for such family member, thereby preventing the member's physical attendance. The bill also clarifies that participation in an electronic meeting by a member of
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0033) on 02/25/2021
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings held through electronic communication means. [SB-1271]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings held through electronic communication means during a state of emergency. Allows a public body, or a joint meeting thereof, to meet by electronic communication means without a quorum of the public body physically assembled at one location when a locality in which the public body is located has declared a local state of emergency, provided that (i) the catastrophic nature of the declared emergency makes it impracticable or unsafe to assemble a quorum in a single location and (ii) the purpose of the meeting
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0490) on 03/31/2021
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Property Owners' Association Act/Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. [HB-1816]
Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. Allows meetings of property owners' associations, boards of directors, unit owners' associations, executive boards, and committees to be held entirely or partially by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for the use of electronic means for such meetings. The bill requires that such guidelines ensure that persons accessing such meetings are authorized to do so and that persons
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0009) on 02/25/2021
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration; deadline for registration by electronic means. [SB-1303]
Voter registration; deadline for registration by electronic means. Requires that voter registration applications made by electronic means be made by 5:00 p.m. on the final day for registration before an election and that the principal office of each general registrar close for voter registration purposes at 5:00 p.m. on the final day of registration; the same deadline applies to the receipt of certain mail voter registration applications.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/01/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Government records; digital certification. [SB-1341]
Digital certification of government records. Provides for the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in cooperation with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, to develop standards for the use of digital signatures by government agencies on electronic records generated by such agencies. The bill further provides that such agencies may provide copies of digital records, via a website or upon request, and may charge a fee of $5 for each digitally certified copy of an electronic record. Any digitally certified record submitted to a court in the Commonwealth
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0738) on 03/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions. [SB-1230]
Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions. Requires a prescription for any controlled substance containing an opiate to be issued as an electronic prescription and prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing a controlled substance that contains an opiate unless the prescription is issued as an electronic prescription, beginning July 1, 2020. The bill defines electronic prescription as a written prescription that is generated on an electronic application in accordance with federal regulations and is transmitted to a pharmacy as an electronic data
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0429) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Electronic credentials; creates standards for DMV in issuing, reviewing, etc., report. [HB-2229]
Electronic Credentials Act; report. Creates standards for the Department of Motor Vehicles in issuing, reviewing, and displaying electronic credentials. The Electronic Credentials Act establishes fees for access to electronic credentials and standards for a verification system that would allow users to verify the authenticity of electronic credentials.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Villanueva
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0697) on 03/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. [HB-2182]
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. Provides for the electronic transmission by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Elections of certain information for any person coming into an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles or accessing its website in order to (i) apply for, replace, or renew a driver's license, (ii) apply for, replace, or renew a special identification card, or (iii) change an address on an existing driver's license
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions. [HB-2165]
Opiate prescriptions; electronic prescriptions. Requires a prescription for any controlled substance containing an opiate to be issued as an electronic prescription and prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing a controlled substance that contains an opiate unless the prescription is issued as an electronic prescription, beginning July 1, 2020. The bill defines electronic prescription as a written prescription that is generated on an electronic application and provides that Schedule II through V prescriptions must be transmitted in accordance with
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0115) on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Food stamp program; requests for replacement of electronic benefit transfer card. [HB-2207]
Food stamp program; excessive requests for replacement of electronic benefit transfer card. Requires the Department of Social Services (the Department) to monitor all requests for replacement of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards issued to food stamp program recipients. The bill provides that a request for replacement of an EBT card shall be deemed excessive if a food stamp program recipient or a member of his household has made four such requests within 12 months prior to the request. The bill requires the Department, upon receipt of a fourth
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
(67 Affirmative Votes Required To Override) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. [HB-2088]
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. Provides for the electronic transmission by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Elections of certain information for any person coming into an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles or accessing its website in order to (i) apply for, replace, or renew a driver's license, (ii) apply for, replace, or renew a special identification card, or (iii) change an address on an existing driver's license
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Secretary of Technology; interfacing of electronic medical records and information; report. [HJR-709]
Study; Secretary of Technology; interfacing of electronic medical records and information; report. Requests the Secretary of Technology to (i) study the development of an effective and efficient system that interfaces electronic medical records and information throughout the Commonwealth; (ii) identify strategies to implement such health care interface and the costs associated therewith; (iii) assess various testing strategies for the interface; (iv) recommend security and data standards for the interface; and (v) develop a systematic approach to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing. [HB-2035]
Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing. Provides that a clerk of a circuit court that has established an electronic filing system for land records may charge a fee not to exceed $5 per instrument for every land record filed by paper. This bill is identical to SB 870.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Miller
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0289) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Motor vehicle liability insurance; proof in electronic form. [HB-1827]
Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance in electronic form. Provides that when proof of a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance is required by Title 46.2 (Motor Vehicles), such proof may be furnished in electronic form.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Yost
Left In Transportation on 02/07/2017