republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-459.md

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Bill	Liquefied petroleum gas fitters; service disconnection requirements, civil penalties.	Virginia Consumer Protection Act; liquefied petroleum gas fitters; service disconnection requirements; civil penalties. Requires a liquefied petroleum gas fitter, within 14 days after receiving a customer's request to discontinue liquefied petroleum gas delivery service, to offer in writing to remove any remaining liquefied petroleum gas from such customer's storage tank and reimburse the customer for the cost of the removed liquefied petroleum gas at the prevailing rate, as defined in the bill. Under the bill, if a customer accepts such offer, the liquefied petroleum gas fitter shall carry out such removal and reimbursement within 30 days after such acceptance. A violation of the bill's provisions constitutes a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 459	Virginia SB 459 (2026)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	5	33	8	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/eb9d3e73-7cd3-4dbc-bd1c-6cad89e1d992	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB459	e468aa4418c5924527e0fe58c4d02701fc74c0cb906c483ef3643d7d9c87aee4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 459 (2026) — Liquefied petroleum gas fitters; service disconnection requirements, civil penalties.

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; liquefied petroleum gas fitters; service disconnection requirements; civil penalties. Requires a liquefied petroleum gas fitter, within 14 days after receiving a customer's request to discontinue liquefied petroleum gas delivery service, to offer in writing to remove any remaining liquefied petroleum gas from such customer's storage tank and reimburse the customer for the cost of the removed liquefied petroleum gas at the prevailing rate, as defined in the bill. Under the bill, if a customer accepts such offer, the liquefied petroleum gas fitter shall carry out such removal and reimbursement within 30 days after such acceptance. A violation of the bill's provisions constitutes a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. House Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Labor and Commerce Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur House Amendment R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101221D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2026-01-23 Rules suspended
• 2026-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day
• 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate
• 2026-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB459)
• 2026-02-17 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 0-N)
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-04 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-03-09 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-03-09 Passed House with amendment (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-10 House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB459ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB459)
• 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
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 947 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb9d3e73-7cd3-4dbc-bd1c-6cad89e1d992. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).