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

4.5 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

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
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 Administrative Process Act; final orders, electronic retention. Administrative Process Act; final orders; electronic retention. Clarifies that signed originals of final agency casedecisions may be retained in an electronic medium. This bill is arecommendation of the Administrative Law Advisory Committee and theVirginia Code Commission. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 480 Virginia SB 480 (2022)
bill
enacted
Jennifer L. McClellan
3 25 8 2022-01-11 2022-04-08 openstates ocd-bill/9f12ba1d-76e7-4c98-bc9c-eac2700c1dc7 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB480 ecc696960b71890086824b7549fd8002e574fbcfa376c99b89c544b6eea897e0 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-va

Virginia SB 480 (2022) — Administrative Process Act; final orders, electronic retention.

Administrative Process Act; final orders; electronic retention. Clarifies that signed originals of final agency casedecisions may be retained in an electronic medium. This bill is arecommendation of the Administrative Law Advisory Committee and theVirginia Code Commission.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0247 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101116D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB480ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101116D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2022-01-26 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-01 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-01 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-04 Passed by temporarily
  • 2022-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-09 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
  • 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 247 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f12ba1d-76e7-4c98-bc9c-eac2700c1dc7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).