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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; assignment of right to receive veterans' benefits."
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description: "Veterans' benefits. Provides that any personthat advertises, arranges, offers, or enters into any assignmentof right to receive veterans' pension or disability benefits commitsan unlawful fraudulent act or practice under the Virginia ConsumerProtection Act if such assignment is prohibited or void under specifiedfederal anti-assignment acts."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 135"
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citation: "Virginia HB 135 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Miyares"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-12-17"
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last_action: "2020-03-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8656d8c2-27ff-4add-b703-707b65b29d32"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB135"
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source_hash: "f865a866cbf23379410e9ae377b295c440ba1ac5a25a9b154b73f1b6dd6c3909"
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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 135 (2020) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; assignment of right to receive veterans' benefits.
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Veterans' benefits. Provides that any personthat advertises, arranges, offers, or enters into any assignmentof right to receive veterans' pension or disability benefits commitsan unlawful fraudulent act or practice under the Virginia ConsumerProtection Act if such assignment is prohibited or void under specifiedfederal anti-assignment acts.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0438)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB135ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB135ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB135H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB135H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB135)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB135)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100872D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-17** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB135)
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- **2020-01-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-16** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-16** Committee substitute printed 20105742D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-21** Committee substitute agreed to 20105742D-H1
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- **2020-01-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB135H1
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- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-22** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-23** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB135H1)
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- **2020-02-24** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB135ER)
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 438 (effective 7/1/20) `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/8656d8c2-27ff-4add-b703-707b65b29d32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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