republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-794.md

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Bill	Statutory agents; service of process.	Statutory agents; service of process. Adds the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission to the definition of "statutory agent" when such Clerk is appointed for the purpose of service of process on any individual, corporation, or limited partnership. The bill further applies certain methods of service of process currently applicable to limited liability corporations to nonstock corporations and domestic stock corporations. The bill provides that domestic or foreign limited liability partnerships may be served by personal service on its registered agent as directed by applicable provisions of Title 50 (Partnerships). The bill further provides that whenever the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission is appointed as the statutory agent service shall be deemed sufficient upon the person or entity being served and shall be effective on the date when service is made on the Clerk, provided, however, that the time for such person or entity to respond to process sent by the Clerk shall run from the date when the certificate of compliance is filed. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 794	Virginia HB 794 (2024)	bill		enacted	Rozia A. Henson, Jr.	3	29	8	2024-01-09	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/ab0e1ed9-8bef-40e4-9384-ba1ee26d8208	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB794	10a0b1bc4be6a4c3e04eecb0e3b109dc3c86c670455e9905c381c63074b6e8a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 794 (2024) — Statutory agents; service of process.

Statutory agents; service of process. Adds the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission to the definition of "statutory agent" when such Clerk is appointed for the purpose of service of process on any individual, corporation, or limited partnership. The bill further applies certain methods of service of process currently applicable to limited liability corporations to nonstock corporations and domestic stock corporations. The bill provides that domestic or foreign limited liability partnerships may be served by personal service on its registered agent as directed by applicable provisions of Title 50 (Partnerships). The bill further provides that whenever the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission is appointed as the statutory agent service shall be deemed sufficient upon the person or entity being served and shall be effective on the date when service is made on the Clerk, provided, however, that the time for such person or entity to respond to process sent by the Clerk shall run from the date when the certificate of compliance is filed. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0454 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB794ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102439D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — primary (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102439D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-25 Impact statement from SCC (HB794)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB794ER) passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454)
• 2024-04-22 Impact statement from SCC (HB794ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab0e1ed9-8bef-40e4-9384-ba1ee26d8208. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).