republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1270.md

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Bill	Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation, prohibited acts.	Board of Housing and Community Development;mold inspections. Prohibits any local building department fromissuing a building permit until the local building department receivescertification from the owner or his agent that the building has beeninspected for the presence of black mold and that no black mold wasfound or that appropriate remediation will be undertaken in accordancewith the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. Thebill directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to adoptemergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill relating to the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The provisionsof the bill relating to the issuance of a building permit containa contingent effective date, to be certified in writing by the CodeCommission, to take effect on the date on which the emergency regulationsbecome effective.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1270	Virginia HB 1270 (2024)	bill		enacted	Delores L. McQuinn	4	36	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/d760d965-9bdf-4d0d-8c42-fae39bb0f522	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1270	47d220851fb0e2c7ef95db57b5f832e8e322ccdc65800813daa66a1f36c1b8f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1270 (2024) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation, prohibited acts.

Board of Housing and Community Development;mold inspections. Prohibits any local building department fromissuing a building permit until the local building department receivescertification from the owner or his agent that the building has beeninspected for the presence of black mold and that no black mold wasfound or that appropriate remediation will be undertaken in accordancewith the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. Thebill directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to adoptemergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill relating to the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The provisionsof the bill relating to the issuance of a building permit containa contingent effective date, to be certified in writing by the CodeCommission, to take effect on the date on which the emergency regulationsbecome effective.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0476 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106743D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1270ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101978D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101978D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1270)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2024-02-06 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24106743D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106743D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1270H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-12 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1270H1)
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1270ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1270ER)
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 476 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0476)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d760d965-9bdf-4d0d-8c42-fae39bb0f522. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).