--- type: "Bill" title: "Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; partial termination of certain time-shares." description: "Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; partial termination of certain time-shares. Allows for the partial termination of a time-share project by a developer or an association and provides the procedures for any such partial termination. The bill also sets a one-year statute of limitations on any legal challenge or action for damages or equitable relief arising out of any termination of a time-share project in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act. The bill's provisions are declared to be effective retroactive in accordance with certain provisions of the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act. This bill is identical to HB 1241." jurisdiction: "us/states/va" legislature: "Virginia General Assembly" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 600" citation: "Virginia SB 600 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"] version_count: 4 action_count: 31 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-01-10" last_action: "2024-04-05" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d033def4-85fa-4d96-ac55-fcce43964661" source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB600" source_hash: "8ca8c9c50aa270e79f8342e1d081cbe1dc5e099d10d7fbe79a32d08001f63b54" 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 600 (2024) — Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; partial termination of certain time-shares. Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; partial termination of certain time-shares. Allows for the partial termination of a time-share project by a developer or an association and provides the procedures for any such partial termination. The bill also sets a one-year statute of limitations on any legal challenge or action for damages or equitable relief arising out of any termination of a time-share project in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act. The bill's provisions are declared to be effective retroactive in accordance with certain provisions of the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act. This bill is identical to HB 1241. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **CHAP0602** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0602) 2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102409D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB600) 3. **Printed as engrossed 24102409D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB600E) 4. **SB600ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB600ER) ## Votes - Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower - Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person) - R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102409D `filing, introduction` - **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee` - **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB600) - **2024-02-07** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered - **2024-02-07** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage` - **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) - **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2` - **2024-02-09** Reading of amendments waived - **2024-02-09** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage` - **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB600E - **2024-02-09** Printed as engrossed 24102409D-E - **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) - **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage` - **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB600E) - **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar - **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1` - **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee` - **2024-02-20** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage` - **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2` - **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3` - **2024-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage` - **2024-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage` - **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB600ER) `passage` - **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB600ER) - **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage` - **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled` - **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt` - **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 602 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature` - **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0602) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d033def4-85fa-4d96-ac55-fcce43964661`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).