---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; automatic renewal or continuous service offers."
description: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; automatic renewal or continuous service offers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1517"
citation: "Virginia HB 1517 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, D.M."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/747eb934-7fba-4bb5-a8df-34706fb950ce"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1517"
source_hash: "48e02eaa73f0b6197f3a386081c5db70811cb66c9279f40a837608c584ec8a11"
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 1517 (2023) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; automatic renewal or continuous service offers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0688** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0688)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106505D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1517S1)
3. **HB1517ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1517ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101938D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1517)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, D.M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101938D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1517)
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Committee substitute printed 23106505D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1517S1)
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-13** Amendments by Senator Surovell agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1517S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute with amendments agreed to by House 23106519D-S1 (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1517ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1517ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 688 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0688)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/747eb934-7fba-4bb5-a8df-34706fb950ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).