---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notarial act; definition."
description: "Electronic notarial acts. Specifies that, for the purposes of notarial acts being performed outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth, a \"notarial act\" means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic document, that a notary public commissioned in the Commonwealth may perform under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1889"
citation: "Virginia HB 1889 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a85586-dfae-4060-8e80-954749a22878"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1889"
source_hash: "d50bc799f4d89a66cc034602821b0364afb4e09779bde05af7bee66b1df2d5d8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1889 (2025) — Notarial act; definition.

Electronic notarial acts. Specifies that, for the purposes of notarial acts being performed outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth, a "notarial act" means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic document, that a notary public commissioned in the Commonwealth may perform under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013546.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072028.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024158.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066628.PDF)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100446D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1889)
- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute printed 25105426D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1889ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1889)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11a85586-dfae-4060-8e80-954749a22878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).