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Bill Notarial act; definition. Electronic notarial acts. Specifies that, for the purposes of notarial acts being performed outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth, a "notarial act" means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic document, that a notary public commissioned in the Commonwealth may perform under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1889 Virginia HB 1889 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1889 (2025) — Notarial act; definition.

Electronic notarial acts. Specifies that, for the purposes of notarial acts being performed outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth, a "notarial act" means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic document, that a notary public commissioned in the Commonwealth may perform under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100446D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1889)
  • 2025-01-24 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-24 Committee substitute printed 25105426D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-28 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-29 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1889ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1889)
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11a85586-dfae-4060-8e80-954749a22878. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).