republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2143.md

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Bill	Air bags; counterfeit or nonfunctional bags prohibited.	Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he knowingly manufactures, imports, sells, installs, or reinstalls a counterfeit air bag or nonfunctional air bag, or any device that is intended to conceal a counterfeit air bag or nonfunctional air bag, in a motor vehicle. The bill provides an exemption for the sale, installation, reinstallation, or replacement of a motor vehicle air bag on a vehicle solely used for police work. The bill also provides that any sale, installation, reinstallation, or replacement of a motor vehicle air bag with a counterfeit, nonfunctional, or otherwise unlawful air bag shall not be construed as a superseding cause that limits the liability of any party in any civil action.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2143	Virginia HB 2143 (2019)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Robert B. Bell	6	22	7	2019-01-08	2019-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/02445693-a44e-4074-88bb-291bf34ccd65	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2143	7139903684ebfb9d150bcae2ef3c11682e68a52700dc422e21cdf0c86deaaa75	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2143 (2019) — Air bags; counterfeit or nonfunctional bags prohibited.

Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he knowingly manufactures, imports, sells, installs, or reinstalls a counterfeit air bag or nonfunctional air bag, or any device that is intended to conceal a counterfeit air bag or nonfunctional air bag, in a motor vehicle. The bill provides an exemption for the sale, installation, reinstallation, or replacement of a motor vehicle air bag on a vehicle solely used for police work. The bill also provides that any sale, installation, reinstallation, or replacement of a motor vehicle air bag with a counterfeit, nonfunctional, or otherwise unlawful air bag shall not be construed as a superseding cause that limits the liability of any party in any civil action.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2143ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19104899D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104063D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106867D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106867D-S1 — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104063D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 19104899D-H1
• 2019-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2143H1
• 2019-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-28 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-18 Committee substitute agreed to 19106867D-S1
• 2019-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2143S1
• 2019-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-19 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106867D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-22 Enrolled
• 2019-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-22 Signed by President
• 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
• 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 392 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02445693-a44e-4074-88bb-291bf34ccd65. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).