---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; shipping goods without certain information."
description: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; shipping goods without certain information. Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to ship goods to a consumer in the Commonwealth in accordance with an automatic renewal or continuous service offer without including a shipping invoice stating (i) the amount the consumer was charged for shipping, if any; (ii) information on how to return the goods, if returns are accepted by the supplier; and (iii) information on how to cancel the automatic renewal or continuous service offer. The bill exempts any supplier that provides such information to a consumer by a timely electronic confirmation of purchase or by otherwise making such information readily available."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "Virginia SB 184 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angelia Williams Graves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcaef196-c36d-4afe-9200-15c6526e46ec"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB184"
source_hash: "f2a1c92183f55e33dec202dbd7558c1433ef4cdf4bf9dbeab038c9bdcf0b0586"
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 184 (2026) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; shipping goods without certain information.

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; shipping goods without certain information. Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to ship goods to a consumer in the Commonwealth in accordance with an automatic renewal or continuous service offer without including a shipping invoice stating (i) the amount the consumer was charged for shipping, if any; (ii) information on how to return the goods, if returns are accepted by the supplier; and (iii) information on how to cancel the automatic renewal or continuous service offer. The bill exempts any supplier that provides such information to a consumer by a timely electronic confirmation of purchase or by otherwise making such information readily available.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083687.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218246.PDF)
3. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101059.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188692.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100938D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Senate committee offered
- **2026-01-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29** Committee substitute printed 26106157D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-30** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB184)
- **2026-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-24** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB184ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB184)
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 488 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcaef196-c36d-4afe-9200-15c6526e46ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).