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type: "Bill"
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title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; violations, increases fines."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 538"
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citation: "Virginia SB 538 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f13432a-4b6a-478e-89a7-debd978508d1"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB538"
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source_hash: "01c43b24aeb129f3906a1e881d5646572b233f18c4455aaf0be28356239d6ba6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 538 (2024) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; violations, increases fines.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0681** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0681)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102774D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB538)
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3. **SB538ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB538ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (71-Y 28-N) — **70–28** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102774D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB538)
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- **2024-01-31** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Reported from General Laws (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Passed House (71-Y 28-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Passage (71-Y 28-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB538ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB538ER)
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- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 681 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0681)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f13432a-4b6a-478e-89a7-debd978508d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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