republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-839.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	SB 839	Virginia SB 839 (2017)	bill	Consumer Protection Trade and Commerce	enacted	Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.	4	19	7	2016-11-16	2017-02-17	openstates	ocd-bill/8f301b2f-c9b3-4856-ba55-cbf81c677f18	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB839	a8ece54d88ce820ed61a16ccaae73b54c5560559d0b8ca4cc4f082f8c1ccbc2c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 839 (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 (CHAP0016) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB839ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104526D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101037D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rereferred from General Laws and Technology — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-16 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101037D introduction
• 2016-11-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Rereferred to Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 17104526D-S1
• 2017-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB839S1
• 2017-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-13 Signed by Speaker
• 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 16 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f301b2f-c9b3-4856-ba55-cbf81c677f18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).