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type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and regulated business entities; not set out and obsolete sections of the Code."
description: "Corporations and regulated business entities;not set out and obsolete sections of the Code of Virginia. Setsout sections in Title 13.1 (Corporations) and Title 56 (Public ServiceCompanies) that are currently carried by reference only. The billalso repeals a section not set out in Title 13.1 (Corporations) thatstates the legislative intent of the chapter relating to professionalcorporations and is currently carried by reference only. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is a recommendation of theVirginia Code Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 561"
citation: "Virginia HB 561 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don L. Scott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a86af9-c8cf-4954-ad9a-dd14d7f9f7c9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB561"
source_hash: "bcead284f552f4f8013bf5dd8e2a7e05a11dbae548f43c22ef22a97a0e62ba86"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 561 (2022) — Corporations and regulated business entities; not set out and obsolete sections of the Code.
Corporations and regulated business entities;not set out and obsolete sections of the Code of Virginia. Setsout sections in Title 13.1 (Corporations) and Title 56 (Public ServiceCompanies) that are currently carried by reference only. The billalso repeals a section not set out in Title 13.1 (Corporations) thatstates the legislative intent of the chapter relating to professionalcorporations and is currently carried by reference only. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is a recommendation of theVirginia Code Commission.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0234** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0234)
2. **HB561ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB561ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101109D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB561)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Don L. Scott — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101109D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from SCC (HB561)
- **2022-01-25** Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-01** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from SCC (HB561ER)
- **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 234 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11a86af9-c8cf-4954-ad9a-dd14d7f9f7c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).