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type: "Bill"
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title: "Notarial act; definition."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1889"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1889 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a85586-dfae-4060-8e80-954749a22878"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1889"
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source_hash: "d50bc799f4d89a66cc034602821b0364afb4e09779bde05af7bee66b1df2d5d8"
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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 1889 (2025) — Notarial act; definition.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013546.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072028.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024158.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066628.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100446D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1889)
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- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute printed 25105426D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-29** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1889ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1889)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)
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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/11a85586-dfae-4060-8e80-954749a22878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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