---
type: "Bill"
title: "Security freezes; fees."
description: "Security freezes on credit reports; fees. Prohibits a credit reporting agency from requiring a consumer to pay a fee to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report. Currently, a consumer may be required to pay a fee of no more than $5 to place a security freeze on his credit report. Victims of identity theft are currently exempt from the fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 509"
citation: "Virginia HB 509 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-04"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76d048bb-0a04-4700-90c0-30b0602b261e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB509"
source_hash: "6b88cbc0b185f4c719360a9683633328726541d55bc454ed1285aa85551d6550"
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 509 (2020) — Security freezes; fees.

Security freezes on credit reports; fees. Prohibits a credit reporting agency from requiring a consumer to pay a fee to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report. Currently, a consumer may be required to pay a fee of no more than $5 to place a security freeze on his credit report. Victims of identity theft are currently exempt from the fee.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0243)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB509ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB509ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB509)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB509)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100947D `introduction`
- **2020-01-04** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB509)
- **2020-01-16** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-22** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-23** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB509ER)
- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 243 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76d048bb-0a04-4700-90c0-30b0602b261e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).