republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1537.md

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Bill	Active duty service; contract termination.	Authorizes any member of the United States Armed Forces or Virginia National Guard who receives military orders to relocate for a period of service of at least 90 days, his spouse, or his dependent, at any time prior to the conclusion of his period of service, to terminate contracts for certain services. The bill provides that violation of these provisions is a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1537	Virginia HB 1537 (2017)	bill	Armed Forces Military and Emergency Laws	enacted	Mark L. Cole	4	17	8	2016-12-27	2017-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/aaeb8be2-b911-4be0-84d5-88b5158fb533	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1537	ce6d35e6bfa02435db4a8923eca60e3ecae0ef5fc9fe68d4dfabac6aa1e9b935	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1537 (2017) — Active duty service; contract termination.

Authorizes any member of the United States Armed Forces or Virginia National Guard who receives military orders to relocate for a period of service of at least 90 days, his spouse, or his dependent, at any time prior to the conclusion of his period of service, to terminate contracts for certain services. The bill provides that violation of these provisions is a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1537ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104480D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102849D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
• James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102849D introduction
• 2016-12-27 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 Assigned MPPS sub: #2 referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 17104480D-H1
• 2017-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1537H1
• 2017-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-26 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 293 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aaeb8be2-b911-4be0-84d5-88b5158fb533. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).