republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2298.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Banks; directors' meetings.	Removes the ability of a bank's shareholders to fix the number that constitutes a quorum for a meeting of the bank's board of directors at not less than five. In its place, the measure authorizes a bank's shareholders to adopt a bylaw setting as a quorum a number that is not less than a majority of the bank's directors. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2298	Virginia HB 2298 (2019)	bill		enacted	Israel D. O'Quinn	3	14	5	2019-01-08	2019-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e5633793-0455-4232-a80e-9673ff883f2b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2298	1a2cc178b8768576becfe7f533ae3132871c7037dc90af93f9df3d0a6ea7e8ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2298 (2019) — Banks; directors' meetings.

Removes the ability of a bank's shareholders to fix the number that constitutes a quorum for a meeting of the bank's board of directors at not less than five. In its place, the measure authorizes a bank's shareholders to adopt a bylaw setting as a quorum a number that is not less than a majority of the bank's directors. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2298ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101445D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101445D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-29 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled
• 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 242 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5633793-0455-4232-a80e-9673ff883f2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).