republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1422.md

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Bill	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	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1422	Virginia HB 1422 (2017)	bill	Consumer Protection Trade and Commerce	enacted	R. Lee Ware	4	16	5	2016-11-01	2017-02-17	openstates	ocd-bill/5fcb0c66-2133-4b4e-8ffb-810673274fa8	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1422	d5ca2c37037c4dacff395624ca8c2cc84d9274d268f1258d4f1fba619cb86749	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1422ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104419D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101059D (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/5fcb0c66-2133-4b4e-8ffb-810673274fa8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).