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type: "Bill"
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title: "Liquefied petroleum gas fitters; service disconnection requirements, civil penalties."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 459"
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citation: "Virginia SB 459 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb9d3e73-7cd3-4dbc-bd1c-6cad89e1d992"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB459"
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source_hash: "e468aa4418c5924527e0fe58c4d02701fc74c0cb906c483ef3643d7d9c87aee4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 459 (2026) — Liquefied petroleum gas fitters; service disconnection requirements, civil penalties.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090361.PDF)
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2. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200220.HTML)
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3. **Labor and Commerce Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191666.HTML)
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4. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1185609.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209980.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concur House Amendment R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101221D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-23** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate
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- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB459)
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- **2026-02-17** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-03-09** Passed House with amendment (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB459ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB459)
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 947 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb9d3e73-7cd3-4dbc-bd1c-6cad89e1d992`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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