republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1629.md

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Bill	Business advertising material; expands definition.	Expands the definition of business advertising material as it relates to private security services businesses to include any electronic medium, including the Internet, social media, and digital advertising.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1629	Virginia HB 1629 (2017)	bill	Commonwealth Public Safety Computer Services and Uses Professions and Occupations Trade and Commerce	enacted	Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.	3	15	6	2017-01-04	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/884b00d2-92c8-435a-b1eb-0a6ccb2a26e3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1629	cc7a3f6e107cd8fcd8b415d81cde1a394fe36526bc8226a38d916220f2cb609d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1629 (2017) — Business advertising material; expands definition.

Expands the definition of business advertising material as it relates to private security services businesses to include any electronic medium, including the Internet, social media, and digital advertising.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1629ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101941D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101941D introduction
• 2017-01-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-11 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2017-01-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-23 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-24 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
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/884b00d2-92c8-435a-b1eb-0a6ccb2a26e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).