republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-736.md

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Bill	Veterans; examining practice of persons receiving compensation for providing certain services, etc.	Veterans' Services Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalty. Creates the Veterans' Services Protection Act to prohibit any person from receiving compensation for preparing, presenting, prosecuting, advising, consulting, or assisting any individual regarding any veterans' benefits matter, as defined in the bill, except as permitted under federal law. The bill provides that a violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 736	Virginia HB 736 (2024)	bill		enacted	Briana D. Sewell	6	52	11	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/088f44f4-42bb-4938-b54a-811c1a9accaf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB736	9ab1223767eb0c30dffb2b1cdbc3765ca38c0f5d9f5217f44b94a84b7e73d530	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 736 (2024) — Veterans; examining practice of persons receiving compensation for providing certain services, etc.

Veterans' Services Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalty. Creates the Veterans' Services Protection Act to prohibit any person from receiving compensation for preparing, presenting, prosecuting, advising, consulting, or assisting any individual regarding any veterans' benefits matter, as defined in the bill, except as permitted under federal law. The bill provides that a violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0730 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106152D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108829D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference substitute printed 24109023D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB736ER (committee substitute) — source
6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104975D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N) — 93–1 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N) — 84–13 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104975D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB736)
• 2024-01-30 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Committee substitute printed 24106152D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 24106152D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB736H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB736H1)
• 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-05 VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N) passage
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Rereferred to Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-03-04 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Committee substitute printed 24108829D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB736S1)
• 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24108829D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB736S1 substitution
• 2024-03-06 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Senate substitute rejected by House 24108829D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
• 2024-03-07 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
• 2024-03-07 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-03-07 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-07 House acceded to request
• 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-07 Senators: Ebbin, Subramanyam, Reeves
• 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-07 Delegates: Sewell, Glass, Ballard
• 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-08 Conference substitute printed 24109023D-H2
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB736H2)
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N)) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB736ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 730 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0730)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/088f44f4-42bb-4938-b54a-811c1a9accaf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).