The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall be the Keeper of Rolls of the Commonwealth. He shall enroll all of the acts of the General Assembly and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution by such other permanent and substantial method or methods as he may deem proper; and shall have the enrolled acts bound for publication after they have been signed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the President of the Senate.
The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall have the custody of the acts and joint resolutions of the General Assembly, and the records of the House of Delegates; and, when required, shall furnish a copy of any or any part of any of them, or of any section or sections of the Code in the form published pursuant to § 30-148; which copy, being certified by him shall be evidence for any purpose for which the original would be received, and with as much effect. If an act or part of an act of the General Assembly has been codified and assigned a section number as a part of the Code of Virginia, by the Virginia Code Commission pursuant to § 30-148, he may also certify that fact.
He shall, as soon as practicable after every act is passed, prepare the acts for publication with a notation of the day upon which every act was approved by the Governor or became law without his approval. He shall furnish to the Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems the manuscript of all acts of the General Assembly and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution and joint resolutions providing for studies for legislation, or a copy thereof, properly arranged for publication. As soon as practicable after the adjournment of the General Assembly, he shall furnish the index and the tables required by law and the date of adjournment of the session, and shall superintend the publication of such acts, joint resolutions, resolutions, date of adjournment, tables and index, in connection with the Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
Code 1919, § 307; 1940, p. 472; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 84; 1970, c. 170; 1994, c. 623; 2005, c. 839.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 1 - General Assembly and Officers Thereof
§ 30-1. Time and place of meeting of General Assembly
§ 30-2. Meeting at place appointed by Governor
§ 30-3. How convened in extra session
§ 30-6. Privilege of members, clerks and clerks' assistants, and Lieutenant Governor from arrest
§ 30-7. Members, clerks, assistants, etc., subject to arrest for criminal offenses
§ 30-8. Member must obey writ of habeas corpus
§ 30-9. Privilege of members for words spoken or written
§ 30-10. Attendance of witnesses; production of evidence
§ 30-11. Who to administer oaths to witnesses
§ 30-12. Duties of officers of each house
§ 30-14. Clerk to be Keeper of the Rolls; other duties
§ 30-14.01. Certifying copy of act; fee
§ 30-14.1. Enrollment of act to codify the laws; printing and distribution
§ 30-14.2. Reenrollment of bills amended in accordance with recommendations of Governor
§ 30-14.3. Keeper of the Rolls authorized to correct typographical errors, etc., in legislation
§ 30-15. Index to Senate journal
§ 30-15.1. Deputy clerks of the Senate; certification of records
§ 30-15.1:1. Use of Senate armorial bearings; penalty
§ 30-15.2. Distribution of Code, supplements and replacement volumes to members of Senate
§ 30-16. Books and maps of committees; original bills
§ 30-16.1. Correction of misspellings in bills and resolutions already introduced
§ 30-17. Alteration, secretion or destruction of pending bills or resolutions
§ 30-19. How Constitution amended
§ 30-19.03:1.2. Unemployment compensation bills affecting net revenues of the Commonwealth
§ 30-19.03:2. Legislative summaries
§ 30-19.1:7. Bills related to the Virginia Retirement System; impact statements
§ 30-19.1:9. Duration of state boards and commissions
§ 30-19.1:11. Legislation that creates or renews tax credits
§ 30-19.1:13. Racial and ethnic impact statements for criminal justice legislation
§ 30-19.3. Prefiling of bills and resolutions
§ 30-19.5. Supervisory control of Division of Legislative Services
§ 30-19.8. Collection of information by legislative study groups; policy
§ 30-19.8:1. Due dates for legislative reports
§ 30-19.8:2. Absences on legislative commissions
§ 30-19.9. Distribution of information on proposed constitutional amendments to voters
§ 30-19.10. Distribution of information on proposed questions to be submitted to voters