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Bill	Retail franchise agreements; governing law, competition restrictions.	Retail franchise agreements; governing law; competition restrictions. Provides that retail franchise agreements shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth and prohibits any person from offering or entering into a franchise agreement that includes competition restrictions that extend beyond termination or expiration of the franchise agreement, except as a term of sale in the event that a franchisee sells a franchise to a third party or back to the franchisor. This bill is identical to SB 240.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 69	Virginia HB 69 (2026)	bill		enacted	Dan I. Helmer	4	34	9	2025-12-30	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0d8948f0-721a-4327-b7ae-d64e0704b34d	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB69	b913bb9ecf7b0d6cc7975dff1d981282a7345f6cc016979bfec5a63a190896ed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 69 (2026) — Retail franchise agreements; governing law, competition restrictions.

Retail franchise agreements; governing law; competition restrictions. Provides that retail franchise agreements shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth and prohibits any person from offering or entering into a franchise agreement that includes competition restrictions that extend beyond termination or expiration of the franchise agreement, except as a term of sale in the event that a franchisee sells a franchise to a third party or back to the franchisor. This bill is identical to SB 240.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 95–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
• JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100313D filing, introduction
• 2025-12-30 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB69)
• 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-22 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Senate committee offered
• 2026-03-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Committee substitute printed 26109317D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB69)
• 2026-03-12 Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB69ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB69)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 553 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d8948f0-721a-4327-b7ae-d64e0704b34d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).