republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-714.md

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Bill	Consumer Data Protection Act; definitions, enforcement, abolishes Consumer Privacy Fund.	Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement; Consumer Privacy Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to pursue actual damages to consumers to the extent they exist if a controller or processor of the personal data of Virginians continues to violate the Consumer Data Protection Act following a 30-day cure period offered by the Attorney General or breaches an express written statement provided to the Attorney General. Political organizations are classified as nonprofit organizations and thus exempt from the Act. The bill specifies that the Attorney General may deem whether a cure under the provisions of the Act is possible for consumers. In addition, the bill abolishes the Consumer Privacy Fund and all civil penalties, expenses, and attorney fees collected from enforcement of the Act shall be deposited into the Regulatory, Consumer Advocacy, Litigation, and Enforcement Revolving Trust Fund.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 714	Virginia HB 714 (2022)	bill		enacted	C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.	4	29	7	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f7472320-5315-49e4-b167-8ea482c5d48e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB714	2fa175a2493aa84400e095aa86ef3f063b5073be0a2acde059ca06eea3672a68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 714 (2022) — Consumer Data Protection Act; definitions, enforcement, abolishes Consumer Privacy Fund.

Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement; Consumer Privacy Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to pursue actual damages to consumers to the extent they exist if a controller or processor of the personal data of Virginians continues to violate the Consumer Data Protection Act following a 30-day cure period offered by the Attorney General or breaches an express written statement provided to the Attorney General. Political organizations are classified as nonprofit organizations and thus exempt from the Act. The bill specifies that the Attorney General may deem whether a cure under the provisions of the Act is possible for consumers. In addition, the bill abolishes the Consumer Privacy Fund and all civil penalties, expenses, and attorney fees collected from enforcement of the Act shall be deposited into the Regulatory, Consumer Advocacy, Litigation, and Enforcement Revolving Trust Fund.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0451 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105707D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB714ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103039D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103039D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB714)
• 2022-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute printed 22105707D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB714H1)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22105707D-H1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB714H1
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-23 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB714ER)
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 451 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7472320-5315-49e4-b167-8ea482c5d48e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).