republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-238.md

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Bill	State Corporation Commission; electronic registration system.	Extends the date, from July 1, 2018, to January 1, 2020, after which the State Corporation Commission is required to limit the users who will be able to submit data and documents on behalf of a business entity. The users who will be eligible to use the system after that date are those (i) who have been designated to make the submission on behalf of the business entity and (ii) whose identity has been established satisfactorily through a verification process. The measure also deletes a reference to the Commission's registration system as "eFile."	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 238	Virginia HB 238 (2018)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Computer Services and Uses State Corporation Commission	enacted	Terry G. Kilgore	2	14	5	2018-01-02	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/b0e3d66b-5ebf-4809-8952-49f880185382	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB238	23b6f12ec37e016d03dab300327b3fde7a48e086787b0cd2d241e9d937f6abe0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 238 (2018) — State Corporation Commission; electronic registration system.

Extends the date, from July 1, 2018, to January 1, 2020, after which the State Corporation Commission is required to limit the users who will be able to submit data and documents on behalf of a business entity. The users who will be eligible to use the system after that date are those (i) who have been designated to make the submission on behalf of the business entity and (ii) whose identity has been established satisfactorily through a verification process. The measure also deletes a reference to the Commission's registration system as "eFile."

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 (HB238ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101900D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 12–1 (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 18101900D 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 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 253 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0e3d66b-5ebf-4809-8952-49f880185382. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).