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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc."
+description: "Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to engage in fraudulent or improper or dishonest conduct while engaged in a transaction that was initiated (i) during a declared state of emergency or (ii) to repair damage resulting from the event that prompted the declaration of a state of emergency, regardless of whether the supplier is a licensed contractor. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 839"
+citation: "Virginia SB 839 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Trade and Commerce"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-11-16"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f301b2f-c9b3-4856-ba55-cbf81c677f18"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB839"
+source_hash: "a8ece54d88ce820ed61a16ccaae73b54c5560559d0b8ca4cc4f082f8c1ccbc2c"
+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 839 (2017) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc.
+
+Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to engage in fraudulent or improper or dishonest conduct while engaged in a transaction that was initiated (i) during a declared state of emergency or (ii) to repair damage resulting from the event that prompted the declaration of a state of emergency, regardless of whether the supplier is a licensed contractor. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0016)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB839ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB839ER)
+3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104526D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB839S1)
+4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101037D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB839)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-16** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101037D `introduction`
+- **2016-11-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Rereferred to Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104526D-S1
+- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB839S1
+- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f301b2f-c9b3-4856-ba55-cbf81c677f18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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