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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revision and recodification of Title 23; corrections."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1538"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1538 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James M. LeMunyon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2016-12-27"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b777203f-460a-41f6-b73b-667645b91c45"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1538"
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source_hash: "6c653e690de505fbc918b5e13d31f0e2c12f0830ff56319be07dca1ca222d3d4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1538 (2017) — Revision and recodification of Title 23; corrections.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0314)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0314)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1538ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1538ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100873D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1538)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100873D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1538E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- James M. LeMunyon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100873D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-18** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-01-18** Speaker ruled floor amendment by Delegate Simon not germane
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- **2017-01-18** Engrossed by House as amended HB1538E
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- **2017-01-18** Printed as engrossed 17100873D-E
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- **2017-01-19** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 314 (effective 10/1/16) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b777203f-460a-41f6-b73b-667645b91c45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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