HB 293 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Corporations; limited liability decentralized autonomous orgs. (LLDs), delayed effective date.

Summary
Corporations; limited liability decentralized autonomous organizations (LLDs). Creates the Limited Liability Decentralized Autonomous Organization (LLD) Act, which establishes requirements for an LLD, defined as a distinct legal entity that operates through decentralized governance using blockchain technology and smart contracts that execute decentralized decision-making mechanisms. The bill permits the formation of an LLD by filing articles of organization with the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), and, if certain requirements are met, the Commission may issue a certificate of organization. The bill includes requirements for amending an LLD's articles of organization and also includes requirements for LLD bylaws, operating agreements, underlying smart contracts, and participant interests and management of the LLD. Under the bill, an LLD and its participants have limited liability for debts, obligations, and liabilities of the LLD. The bill also includes provisions related to recordkeeping, transferring interests, withdrawal of participants, and dissolution of the LLD. The provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2028.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2026 Last action Mar 9, 2026
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What changed between versions

Communications, Technology and Innovation Substitute Technology and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill underwent significant formatting and layout changes while retaining the same substantive policy provisions. The original version had a cleaner, more readable structure with proper spacing, while the substitute version contains numerous formatting errors, extra blank lines, and misaligned text that makes it difficult to read. No substantive policy changes were made to the actual content of the bill.
TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout were substantially altered with numerous extra blank lines, misaligned text, and inconsistent spacing throughout the document. The header information and page numbering also changed from a clean format to a more cluttered presentation.

The original date stamp '2/04/2026' in the header was removed in the substitute version.

New formatting elements were added including 'HOUSE SUBSTITUTE' labels, additional page numbers, and various identifiers like '26106763D' and 'HB293HC2' that were not present in the original version.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2026

How they voted

4836
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 88
Feb 13, 2026
D Democratic53
47 Yea 3 Nay 3
88% Yea
R Republican35
1 Yea 33 Nay 1
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (59-Y 37-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
House committee offered
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned HST sub: Technology and Innovation
lower
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Dan Helmer
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
VA
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