republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-538.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 HB 578.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 538	Virginia SB 538 (2024)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	3	24	5	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/9f13432a-4b6a-478e-89a7-debd978508d1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB538	01c43b24aeb129f3906a1e881d5646572b233f18c4455aaf0be28356239d6ba6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 538 (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 HB 578.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0681 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102774D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB538ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (71-Y 28-N) — 70–28 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102774D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB538)
• 2024-01-31 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from General Laws (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed House (71-Y 28-N) passage
• 2024-02-20 VOTE: Passage (71-Y 28-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB538ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB538ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-29 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 681 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0681)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f13432a-4b6a-478e-89a7-debd978508d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).