Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

76 lines
3.6 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Businesses; central filing of assumed or fictitious name, etc."
description: "Postpones, from May 1, 2019, to January 1, 2020, the effective date of the measure enacted in 2017 that requires a person conducting or transacting business under an assumed or fictitious name to file a certificate of assumed or fictitious name in the office of the clerk of the State Corporation Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "Virginia HB 170 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trade and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory D. Habeeb"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-22"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/629328b5-7829-49df-97aa-44b1d7daa03e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB170"
source_hash: "95403c67acf966e56ef24ddf279731bb4ad2fff7808710ef7ceb537efa2e00c3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 170 (2018) — Businesses; central filing of assumed or fictitious name, etc.
Postpones, from May 1, 2019, to January 1, 2020, the effective date of the measure enacted in 2017 that requires a person conducting or transacting business under an assumed or fictitious name to file a certificate of assumed or fictitious name in the office of the clerk of the State Corporation Commission.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB170ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB170ER)
2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101901D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB170)
## Votes
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101901D `introduction`
- **2017-12-22** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-22** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-01-23** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 251 (effective 1/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/629328b5-7829-49df-97aa-44b1d7daa03e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).