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Bill	Joint Commission on Administrative Rules; periodic review of exemptions.	Requires the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, beginning November 1, 2017, on a schedule to be established by the Commission, to conduct a review of the exemptions authorized by the Administrative Process Act (APA). The bill also requires agencies having APA exemptions, other than the courts, any agency of the Supreme Court, and any agency that by the Constitution of Virginia is expressly granted any of the powers of a court of record, beginning August 1, 2017, to submit a written report to the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, which report includes the date the exemption was enacted, a summary of the necessity for the exemption, and a summary of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the exemption in the immediately preceding two fiscal years. The bill provides that in the event that an agency having an exemption fails to submit the report required, the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules shall recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly that such agency's exemption be discontinued. The bill also requires general notice of the provisions of this requirement to be posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall and published in the Virginia Register of Regulations by the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules to advise agencies of their obligations under the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1731	Virginia HB 1731 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally General Assembly Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Margaret B. Ransone	4	29	11	2017-01-07	2017-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/867e7f4e-c0f0-4177-83cd-0cd7a46f061b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1731	27f15ec3bfeb98ed49238126c0a042a40bb496136e222a53f5f5a5a742bd600b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1731 (2017) — Joint Commission on Administrative Rules; periodic review of exemptions.

Requires the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, beginning November 1, 2017, on a schedule to be established by the Commission, to conduct a review of the exemptions authorized by the Administrative Process Act (APA). The bill also requires agencies having APA exemptions, other than the courts, any agency of the Supreme Court, and any agency that by the Constitution of Virginia is expressly granted any of the powers of a court of record, beginning August 1, 2017, to submit a written report to the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, which report includes the date the exemption was enacted, a summary of the necessity for the exemption, and a summary of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the exemption in the immediately preceding two fiscal years. The bill provides that in the event that an agency having an exemption fails to submit the report required, the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules shall recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly that such agency's exemption be discontinued. The bill also requires general notice of the provisions of this requirement to be posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall and published in the Virginia Register of Regulations by the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules to advise agencies of their obligations under the bill.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0678) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1731ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104589D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103577D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate insisted on amendment — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 94–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance with amendment — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment rejected by House — 1–95 (fail) · legislature

Sponsors

• Margaret B. Ransone — primary (person)
• Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
• Frank W. Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan T. McDougle — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103577D introduction
• 2017-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104589D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1731H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-21 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-21 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-22 Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 95-N)
• 2017-02-23 Senate requested conference committee
• 2017-02-23 House acceded to request
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 678 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/867e7f4e-c0f0-4177-83cd-0cd7a46f061b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).