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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Va. Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, unlawful practice of an occupation or profession."
description: "Va. Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, unlawful practice of an occupation or profession."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2218"
citation: "Virginia HB 2218 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Trade and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey M. Bourne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7597a69c-adfb-4681-89ef-bc65db0673b1"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2218"
source_hash: "ac6621d23503b475f0e8c4658e41d02f15788f7bf0556f3225fa6a9a6a1657bf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2218 (2019) — Va. Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, unlawful practice of an occupation or profession.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0521)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2218ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2218ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104288D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2218)
## Votes
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **190** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **60** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **140** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104288D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 521 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7597a69c-adfb-4681-89ef-bc65db0673b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).