---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial institutions; check cashers, expiration of registration."
description: "Financial institutions; check cashers; expiration of registration. Provides that for check cashers registered with the State Corporation Commission, such registration shall automatically expire if a registrant fails to pay the annual registration fee by July 1 of each year. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1166"
citation: "Virginia HB 1166 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Annie Carroll"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/817260d4-1f8a-4b36-9255-994368cc0f81"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1166"
source_hash: "f2f7af6f1e901e362f1fa515b761f51f158d08c9f2d801153bac60d52eedc8ff"
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 1166 (2026) — Financial institutions; check cashers, expiration of registration.

Financial institutions; check cashers; expiration of registration. Provides that for check cashers registered with the State Corporation Commission, such registration shall automatically expire if a registrant fails to pay the annual registration fee by July 1 of each year. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

## 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/1087605.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217870.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212384.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stacey Annie Carroll — primary (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103285D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1166)
- **2026-01-27** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1166ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1166)
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 453 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/817260d4-1f8a-4b36-9255-994368cc0f81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).