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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Register Act; guidance documents; duty to file with the Registrar."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 916"
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citation: "Virginia SB 916 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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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/6651d66f-a487-44ef-a76e-3a547da30827"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB916"
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source_hash: "8b81da57f5641caed86d20bd2f11b5c55cec1c00aa4829f738c2c314f75eae1c"
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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 SB 916 (2017) — Virginia Register Act; guidance documents; duty to file with the Registrar.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0488)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0488)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB916ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB916ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104492D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB916S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100960D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB916)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- John S. Edwards — 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 17100960D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 17104492D-S1
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- **2017-01-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB916S1
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- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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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 488 (effective 7/1/17) `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/6651d66f-a487-44ef-a76e-3a547da30827`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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