---
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: "HB 1422"
citation: "Virginia HB 1422 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Trade and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-11-01"
last_action: "2017-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fcb0c66-2133-4b4e-8ffb-810673274fa8"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1422"
source_hash: "d5ca2c37037c4dacff395624ca8c2cc84d9274d268f1258d4f1fba619cb86749"
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 HB 1422 (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 (CHAP0011)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0011)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1422ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1422ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104419D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1422H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101059D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1422)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-11-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101059D `introduction`
- **2016-11-01** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 17104419D-H1
- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1422H1
- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **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 11 (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/5fcb0c66-2133-4b4e-8ffb-810673274fa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).