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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contractors; work without valid Va. license, prohibited acts."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 732"
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citation: "Virginia HB 732 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-02-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f0a9bea-4441-4b89-ba54-56e36d5cc485"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB732"
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source_hash: "ff6d21f03524ba028b31231ead92f4ff715bdbfa4d4f0152d4a469f1bcf08b5c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 732 (2018) — Contractors; work without valid Va. license, prohibited acts.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0043)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB732ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB732ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105910D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB732H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104410D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB732)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104410D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-19** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 18105910D-H1
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- **2018-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB732H1
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- **2018-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
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- **2018-02-22** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f0a9bea-4441-4b89-ba54-56e36d5cc485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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