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| Bill | Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Fund; claim limits; license threshold amounts. | Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Fund; claim limits; license threshold amounts. Increases from $20,000 to $30,000 per claim the individual limit of claims against the Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Fund based upon an unpaid judgment arising out of the improper or dishonest conduct of a licensed contractor in connection with a single transaction involving contracting and increases from $40,000 to $100,000 during any biennium the aggregate claim limit against a single licensed contractor. The bill also raises the thresholds for the value of single contracts or projects and the total value of all construction, removal, repair, or improvements undertaken by a contractor in a 12-month period that govern each class of contractor's licenses. This bill is identical to SB 1059. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1707 | Virginia HB 1707 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1707 (2025) — Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Fund; claim limits; license threshold amounts.
Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Fund; claim limits; license threshold amounts. Increases from $20,000 to $30,000 per claim the individual limit of claims against the Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Fund based upon an unpaid judgment arising out of the improper or dishonest conduct of a licensed contractor in connection with a single transaction involving contracting and increases from $40,000 to $100,000 during any biennium the aggregate claim limit against a single licensed contractor. The bill also raises the thresholds for the value of single contracts or projects and the total value of all construction, removal, repair, or improvements undertaken by a contractor in a 12-month period that govern each class of contractor's licenses. This bill is identical to SB 1059.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Eric Phillips — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100918D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2025-01-13 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2025-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-21 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-24 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-27 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1707)
- 2025-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-28 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-07 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1707ER)
passage - 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1707)
- 2025-02-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-15 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 127 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/999fa10c-d40e-4d4b-aeb6-7a29b6eb3136. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).