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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Corporation Commission; electronic registration system."
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description: "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.\""
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 238"
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citation: "Virginia HB 238 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Computer Services and Uses", "State Corporation Commission"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-02"
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last_action: "2018-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0e3d66b-5ebf-4809-8952-49f880185382"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB238"
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source_hash: "23b6f12ec37e016d03dab300327b3fde7a48e086787b0cd2d241e9d937f6abe0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 238 (2018) — State Corporation Commission; electronic registration system.
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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."
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB238ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB238ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101900D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB238)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101900D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-02** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-22** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-01-23** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0e3d66b-5ebf-4809-8952-49f880185382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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