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2020 SESSION
HB 1339 Securities Act; equity crowdfunding exemption.
Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Securities Act; crowdfunding exemption. Repeals the sunset provision on the existing measure that authorizes the State Corporation Commission to adopt an exemption for limited offerings of securities by small and startup companies, known as equity crowdfunding, from the registration provisions of the Securities Act. These crowdfunding provisions, which were enacted in 2015, are currently scheduled to expire on July 1, 2020. The measure also broadens the existing exemption to apply to offerings conducted in accordance with Rule 147A adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Because Rule 147A does not require the issuer of the securities to be incorporated or organized in the same state where the offering occurs, the measure creates a carve-out for offerings under Rule 147A from the existing requirement that the issuer be formed, organized, or existing under the laws of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 542.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100232D pdf | impact statement
- 01/23/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105903D-H1 pdf
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108459D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1339ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100232D
- 01/08/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/23/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105903D-H1
- 01/27/20 House: Read first time
- 01/28/20 House: Read second time
- 01/28/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20105903D-H1
- 01/28/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1339H1
- 01/29/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/20 House: VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108459D-S1
- 02/19/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108459D-S1
- 02/20/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1339S1
- 02/20/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108459D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1339ER)
- 02/28/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- 03/11/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 331 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331)