republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-580.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Consumer Counsel, Division of; establishing mechanisms for receiving and investigating complaints.	Division of Consumer Counsel; duties; artificial intelligence fraud and abuse. Expands the duties of the Division of Consumer Counsel to include establishing mechanisms for receiving and investigating complaints by the Commonwealth's consumers involving emerging technologies, including referring appropriate complaints to the federal, state, and local departments or agencies charged with the enforcement of applicable consumer laws.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 580	Virginia HB 580 (2026)	bill		enacted	Jackie H. Glass	6	34	9	2026-01-13	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/38bff939-a30a-4728-8141-9f7c6903b8dc	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB580	bad0407401296a0eae22e660a15769f739a4b59448be1706ebdd00e20201dbf5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 580 (2026) — Consumer Counsel, Division of; establishing mechanisms for receiving and investigating complaints.

Division of Consumer Counsel; duties; artificial intelligence fraud and abuse. Expands the duties of the Division of Consumer Counsel to include establishing mechanisms for receiving and investigating complaints by the Commonwealth's consumers involving emerging technologies, including referring appropriate complaints to the federal, state, and local departments or agencies charged with the enforcement of applicable consumer laws.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. General Government and Capital Outlay Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103198D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-03 Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-03 Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB580)
• 2026-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-06 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB580)
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB580ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB580)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 178 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38bff939-a30a-4728-8141-9f7c6903b8dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).