Virginia House Bill 2230 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 20 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0646)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Stock corporations; shareholders' meetings. Authorizes the board of directors of a stock corporation to determine that any meeting of shareholders not be held at any place and instead be held by means of remote communication, if the articles of incorporation or bylaws do not require the meeting to be held at a place. The measure also limits the provision that currently authorizes the holders of at least 20 percent of the votes entitled to be cast on an issue to call a special meeting of shareholders of a corporation that has 35 or fewer shareholders by requiring that the corporation not be a public corporation.

Stock corporations; shareholders' meetings.

Del. Benjamin Cline [R]

2017-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-30 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-20		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0646)
2017-03-20		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 646 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-28		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-28	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
2017-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-23	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2230ER)
2017-02-23	House	Enrolled
2017-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-20	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2017-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-17	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Rereferred to Courts of Justice
2017-02-16	Senate	Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
2017-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-13	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
2017-01-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-01-30	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2017-01-30	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2017-01-27	House	Read second time and engrossed
2017-01-26	House	Read first time
2017-01-24	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N)
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102045D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
13	1	654	(n/a)	See Bill Text
13	1	655	(n/a)	See Bill Text
13	1	658	(n/a)	See Bill Text
13	1	660.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
13	1	661	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2230
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2230+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2230ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0646+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H14V0049+HB2230
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV1705+HB2230
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S02V0111+HB2230
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0554HB2230+HB2230
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0316+HB2230
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0694HB2230+HB2230
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0695HB2230+HB2230
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0696HB2230+HB2230