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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 HB 69. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 240 | Virginia SB 240 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 240 (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 HB 69.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Concur House Substitute R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100824D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-01-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB240)
- 2026-02-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-04 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-04 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-05 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-03-03 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Committee substitute printed 26108684D-H1
substitution - 2026-03-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-06 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-06 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-06 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB240)
- 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB240ER)
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 (SB240)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 554 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0554)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9cb88543-ed96-4108-8cd1-6075e651e553. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).