republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-732.md

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Bill	Contractors; work without valid Va. license, prohibited acts.	Provides that a construction contract entered into by a person undertaking work without a valid Virginia contractor's license shall not be enforceable by the unlicensed contractor undertaking the work unless the unlicensed contractor (i) gives substantial performance within the terms of the contract in good faith and (ii) did not have actual knowledge that a license or certificate was required to perform the work for which he seeks to recover payment. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 732	Virginia HB 732 (2018)	bill	Professions and Occupations	enacted	M. Keith Hodges	4	17	6	2018-01-09	2018-02-26	openstates	ocd-bill/4f0a9bea-4441-4b89-ba54-56e36d5cc485	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB732	ff6d21f03524ba028b31231ead92f4ff715bdbfa4d4f0152d4a469f1bcf08b5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 732 (2018) — Contractors; work without valid Va. license, prohibited acts.

Provides that a construction contract entered into by a person undertaking work without a valid Virginia contractor's license shall not be enforceable by the unlicensed contractor undertaking the work unless the unlicensed contractor (i) gives substantial performance within the terms of the contract in good faith and (ii) did not have actual knowledge that a license or certificate was required to perform the work for which he seeks to recover payment. 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 (CHAP0043) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB732ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 18105910D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104410D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104410D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 18105910D-H1
• 2018-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB732H1
• 2018-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-19 Enrolled
• 2018-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-21 Signed by President
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
• 2018-02-22 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f0a9bea-4441-4b89-ba54-56e36d5cc485. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).