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Bill	Revision and recodification of Title 23; corrections.	Corrects typographical errors and makes other technical amendments relating to the revision and recodification of Title 23 and declares such corrections and amendments to be effective retroactively to October 1, 2016. This bill is a recommendation of the Code Commission.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1538	Virginia HB 1538 (2017)	bill		enacted	James M. LeMunyon	4	18	7	2016-12-27	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/b777203f-460a-41f6-b73b-667645b91c45	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1538	6c653e690de505fbc918b5e13d31f0e2c12f0830ff56319be07dca1ca222d3d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1538 (2017) — Revision and recodification of Title 23; corrections.

Corrects typographical errors and makes other technical amendments relating to the revision and recodification of Title 23 and declares such corrections and amendments to be effective retroactively to October 1, 2016. This bill is a recommendation of the Code Commission.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0314) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1538ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100873D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17100873D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education with amendment — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James M. LeMunyon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100873D introduction
• 2016-12-27 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-18 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-18 Speaker ruled floor amendment by Delegate Simon not germane
• 2017-01-18 Engrossed by House as amended HB1538E
• 2017-01-18 Printed as engrossed 17100873D-E
• 2017-01-19 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 314 (effective 10/1/16) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b777203f-460a-41f6-b73b-667645b91c45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).