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type: "Bill"
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title: "Investigators; powers, enforcement of certain tobacco laws."
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description: "Powers of investigators; enforcement of certaintobacco laws. Authorizes investigators with the Office of theAttorney General to seize cigarettes that are unlawfully sold, possessed,distributed, transported, imported, or otherwise held and to accompany and participate with special agents of the Alcoholic Beverage ControlBoard or other law-enforcement officials engaging in an enforcementaction involving counterfeit and unstamped cigarettes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1018"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1018 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tony O. Wilt"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a54bbb3b-d584-4388-8114-c19db09e464d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1018"
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source_hash: "d1b7a26e869cbeb1b1e9432aca78161a0f0311bfbb9eadd4b8f0fb83d32756ae"
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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 1018 (2024) — Investigators; powers, enforcement of certain tobacco laws.
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Powers of investigators; enforcement of certaintobacco laws. Authorizes investigators with the Office of theAttorney General to seize cigarettes that are unlawfully sold, possessed,distributed, transported, imported, or otherwise held and to accompany and participate with special agents of the Alcoholic Beverage ControlBoard or other law-enforcement officials engaging in an enforcementaction involving counterfeit and unstamped cigarettes.
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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. **CHAP0540** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0540)
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2. **HB1018ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1018ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100798D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1018)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100798D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1018)
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- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1018ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1018ER)
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- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 540 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0540)
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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/a54bbb3b-d584-4388-8114-c19db09e464d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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