republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-534.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Data Protection Act; definitions, enforcement, abolishes Consumer Privacy Fund."
description: "Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement; ConsumerPrivacy Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to pursue actualdamages to consumers to the extent they exist if a controller orprocessor of the personal data of Virginians continues to violatethe Consumer Data Protection Act following a 30-day cure period offeredby the Attorney General or breaches an express written statementprovided to the Attorney General. Political organizations are classifiedas nonprofit organizations and thus exempt from the Act. The billspecifies 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 Actshall be deposited into the Regulatory, Consumer Advocacy, Litigation,and Enforcement Revolving Trust Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 534"
citation: "Virginia SB 534 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0bf6420-7e3a-4b06-8118-a71a3951bc95"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB534"
source_hash: "a57641c4d2aecb6eee7c42caa71c90a4ffa6d344c2cb9148f8244bac50d501d6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 534 (2022) — Consumer Data Protection Act; definitions, enforcement, abolishes Consumer Privacy Fund.

Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement; ConsumerPrivacy Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to pursue actualdamages to consumers to the extent they exist if a controller orprocessor of the personal data of Virginians continues to violatethe Consumer Data Protection Act following a 30-day cure period offeredby the Attorney General or breaches an express written statementprovided to the Attorney General. Political organizations are classifiedas nonprofit organizations and thus exempt from the Act. The billspecifies 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 Actshall 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. **CHAP0452** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0452)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105592D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB534S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103309D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB534)
4. **SB534ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB534ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N 1-A) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103309D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB534)
- **2022-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute printed 22105592D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Incorporates SB516 (McPike)
- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22105592D-S1
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB534S1
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB534S1)
- **2022-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB534ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0bf6420-7e3a-4b06-8118-a71a3951bc95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).