republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-916.md

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Bill	Virginia Register Act; guidance documents; duty to file with the Registrar.	Consolidates provisions relating to the availability of guidance documents in a single section in the Virginia Register Act. In addition, the bill requires agencies that do not have regulatory authority to annually file with the Virginia Registrar of Regulations for publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations a list of any guidance documents upon which such agencies currently rely. Under current law, the requirement for filing guidance documents applies only to agencies with regulatory authority. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Administrative Law Advisory Committee.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 916	Virginia SB 916 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government	enacted	John S. Edwards	4	19	6	2016-12-27	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6651d66f-a487-44ef-a76e-3a547da30827	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB916	8b81da57f5641caed86d20bd2f11b5c55cec1c00aa4829f738c2c314f75eae1c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 916 (2017) — Virginia Register Act; guidance documents; duty to file with the Registrar.

Consolidates provisions relating to the availability of guidance documents in a single section in the Virginia Register Act. In addition, the bill requires agencies that do not have regulatory authority to annually file with the Virginia Registrar of Regulations for publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations a list of any guidance documents upon which such agencies currently rely. Under current law, the requirement for filing guidance documents applies only to agencies with regulatory authority. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Administrative Law Advisory Committee.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB916ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104492D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100960D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• John S. Edwards — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100960D introduction
• 2016-12-27 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-26 Committee substitute agreed to 17104492D-S1
• 2017-01-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB916S1
• 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 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 488 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6651d66f-a487-44ef-a76e-3a547da30827. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).