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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published."
description: "Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published by localities. Directs the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to review requirements throughout the Code of Virginia for localities to provide public notice for intended actions and events, including (i) the varying frequency for publishing notices in newspapers and other print media, (ii) the number of days required to elapse between the publications of notices, and (iii) the amount of information required to be contained in each notice, and make recommendations for uniformity and efficiency. The bill requires the Commission to submit a report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology summarizing the work and any recommendations of the work group by November 1, 2022. This bill is identical to HB 1131."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 417"
citation: "Virginia SB 417 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a896be9c-d0c4-42ce-bfe1-00a8d145df60"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB417"
source_hash: "6cd5b80c3bf65fb246722b6b952bff7578e00d2c2d3f0d44d797dc8848dcd271"
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 SB 417 (2022) — Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published.
Virginia Code Commission; work group to review public notices required to be published by localities. Directs the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to review requirements throughout the Code of Virginia for localities to provide public notice for intended actions and events, including (i) the varying frequency for publishing notices in newspapers and other print media, (ii) the number of days required to elapse between the publications of notices, and (iii) the amount of information required to be contained in each notice, and make recommendations for uniformity and efficiency. The bill requires the Commission to submit a report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology summarizing the work and any recommendations of the work group by November 1, 2022. This bill is identical to HB 1131.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0130)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102649D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB417)
3. **SB417ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB417ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102649D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB417)
- **2022-01-28** Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Assigned Rules sub: Studies `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB417ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 130 (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/a896be9c-d0c4-42ce-bfe1-00a8d145df60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).