Virginia Senate Bill 494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 13 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Admissibility of records concerning electronic communication service or remote computing service. Provides that the provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service may verify the authenticity of the written reports or records that it discloses pursuant to a search warrant, court order, etc., excluding the contents of electronic communications, by providing an affidavit from the custodian of those written reports or records or from a person to whom said custodian reports certifying that they are true and complete and that they are prepared in the regular course of business. The bill also provides that when so authenticated, the written reports and records are admissible in evidence as a business records exception to the hearsay rule.

Electronic communication or remote computing service; provider may verify authenticity of reports.

Sen. Robert Hurt [R]

2010-03-13 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-13 - House - House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-11 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-10 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2010-03-09 - House - House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-09 - House - House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION #2 (94-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-09 - House - House: VOTE: --- AGREE TO (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-08 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-13		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)
2010-04-13		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 721 (effective 7/1/10)
2010-03-25		Senate: Signed by President
2010-03-22		House: Signed by Speaker
2010-03-22		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB494ER)
2010-03-22		Senate: Enrolled
2010-03-13		Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2010-03-13		Senate: Conference substitute printed 10106064D-S2
2010-03-13		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
2010-03-13		House: Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
2010-03-11		House: Delegates: Griffith, Gilbert, Herring
2010-03-11		House: Conferees appointed by House
2010-03-11		Senate: Senators: Hurt, Reynolds, Petersen
2010-03-11		Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
2010-03-11		Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2010-03-11		House: House requested conference committee
2010-03-11		House: House insisted on substitute
2010-03-10		Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2010-03-09		House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
2010-03-09		House: Passed House with substitute (95-Y 0-N)
2010-03-09		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB494H1
2010-03-09		House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105815D-H1
2010-03-09		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION #2 (94-Y 0-N)
2010-03-09		House: Constitutional reading dispensed (94-Y 0-N)
2010-03-09		House: Motion to reconsider constitutional reading dispensed agreed to
2010-03-09		House: VOTE: --- AGREE TO (96-Y 0-N)
2010-03-09		House: Constitutional reading dispensed (96-Y 0-N)
2010-03-09		House: Read second time
2010-03-08		House: Committee substitute printed 10105815D-H1
2010-03-08		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
2010-03-03		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
2010-02-17		House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2010-02-16		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-02-16		House: Read first time
2010-02-16		House: Placed on Calendar
2010-02-11		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2010-02-10		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB494S1
2010-02-10		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104813D-S1
2010-02-10		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2010-02-10		Senate: Read second time
2010-02-09		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2010-02-08		Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104813D-S1
2010-02-08		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2010-01-14		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2010-01-13		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-13		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101883D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	271.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+SB494
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+SB494+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+SB494S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+SB494H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+SB494S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+SB494ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0721+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+S03V0122+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0236SB0494+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0261SB0494+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H0801V0167+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H08V0362+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV1427+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV1470+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV1509+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0779SB0494+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0856SB0494+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV1646+SB0494
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0929SB0494+SB0494