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type: "Bill"
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title: "Active duty service; contract termination."
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description: "Authorizes any member of the United States Armed Forces or Virginia National Guard who receives military orders to relocate for a period of service of at least 90 days, his spouse, or his dependent, at any time prior to the conclusion of his period of service, to terminate contracts for certain services. The bill provides that violation of these provisions is 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: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1537"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1537 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Armed Forces", "Military and Emergency Laws"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Cole"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-12-27"
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last_action: "2017-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaeb8be2-b911-4be0-84d5-88b5158fb533"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1537"
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source_hash: "ce6d35e6bfa02435db4a8923eca60e3ecae0ef5fc9fe68d4dfabac6aa1e9b935"
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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 HB 1537 (2017) — Active duty service; contract termination.
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Authorizes any member of the United States Armed Forces or Virginia National Guard who receives military orders to relocate for a period of service of at least 90 days, his spouse, or his dependent, at any time prior to the conclusion of his period of service, to terminate contracts for certain services. The bill provides that violation of these provisions is 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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0293)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1537ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1537ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104480D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1537H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102849D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1537)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
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- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102849D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-10** Assigned MPPS sub: #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 17104480D-H1
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- **2017-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1537H1
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- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 293 (effective 7/1/17) `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/aaeb8be2-b911-4be0-84d5-88b5158fb533`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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