republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-237.md

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Bill	One-stop small business permitting program; extends sunset date.	Extends the date by which the State Corporation Commission and the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity are required to complete aspects of the one-stop small business permitting program from June 30, 2018, to January 1, 2020. The measure also (i) deletes a provision regarding the implementation of a hyperlink in 2014, (ii) amends the description of the processes to be established for the electronic collection and exchange of data or information, and (iii) deletes requirements for biannual progress reports.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 237	Virginia HB 237 (2018)	bill	Administration of Government Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally State Corporation Commission Trade and Commerce	enacted	Terry G. Kilgore	2	14	5	2018-01-02	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/989b944b-43ab-4745-a94e-045dbd7dc455	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB237	dcd5b294748a7f556976beeb4121342634b3bcfc6c601944ff159fd049e29f7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 237 (2018) — One-stop small business permitting program; extends sunset date.

Extends the date by which the State Corporation Commission and the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity are required to complete aspects of the one-stop small business permitting program from June 30, 2018, to January 1, 2020. The measure also (i) deletes a provision regarding the implementation of a hyperlink in 2014, (ii) amends the description of the processes to be established for the electronic collection and exchange of data or information, and (iii) deletes requirements for biannual progress reports.

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 (HB237ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101898D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101898D introduction
• 2018-01-02 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 General Laws and Technology 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 218 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/989b944b-43ab-4745-a94e-045dbd7dc455. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).