republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-578.md

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Bill	Uniform Statewide Building Code; violations, increases fines.	Uniform Statewide Building Code; violations; fines. Increases from $2,500 to $5,000 the minimum amount and from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount that any person, firm, or corporation shall be fined when convicted of a third or subsequent offense of violating the provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code committed within 10 years of another such offense after having been at least twice previously convicted of such an offense. The bill also adds penalties for similar violations committed by owners of a blighted multifamily property. This bill is identical to SB 538.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 578	Virginia HB 578 (2024)	bill		enacted	Delores L. McQuinn	3	25	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/81d39bd2-c385-435f-a1b2-c30f0b8a4068	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB578	1c8718a07fff2e91d016b07739d0c4e79fcdc0fb5f7c03546e145b63387ac37d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 578 (2024) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; violations, increases fines.

Uniform Statewide Building Code; violations; fines. Increases from $2,500 to $5,000 the minimum amount and from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount that any person, firm, or corporation shall be fined when convicted of a third or subsequent offense of violating the provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code committed within 10 years of another such offense after having been at least twice previously convicted of such an offense. The bill also adds penalties for similar violations committed by owners of a blighted multifamily property. This bill is identical to SB 538.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0641 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB578ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102404D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (17-Y 3-N) — 17–3 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — 27–13 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N) — 68–30 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102404D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB578)
• 2024-02-08 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from General Laws (17-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB578ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB578ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 641 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81d39bd2-c385-435f-a1b2-c30f0b8a4068. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).