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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation, prohibited acts."
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description: "Board of Housing and Community Development;mold inspections. Prohibits any local building department fromissuing a building permit until the local building department receivescertification from the owner or his agent that the building has beeninspected for the presence of black mold and that no black mold wasfound or that appropriate remediation will be undertaken in accordancewith the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. Thebill directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to adoptemergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill relating to the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The provisionsof the bill relating to the issuance of a building permit containa contingent effective date, to be certified in writing by the CodeCommission, to take effect on the date on which the emergency regulationsbecome effective."
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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 1270"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1270 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d760d965-9bdf-4d0d-8c42-fae39bb0f522"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1270"
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source_hash: "47d220851fb0e2c7ef95db57b5f832e8e322ccdc65800813daa66a1f36c1b8f7"
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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 1270 (2024) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation, prohibited acts.
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Board of Housing and Community Development;mold inspections. Prohibits any local building department fromissuing a building permit until the local building department receivescertification from the owner or his agent that the building has beeninspected for the presence of black mold and that no black mold wasfound or that appropriate remediation will be undertaken in accordancewith the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. Thebill directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to adoptemergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill relating to the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The provisionsof the bill relating to the issuance of a building permit containa contingent effective date, to be certified in writing by the CodeCommission, to take effect on the date on which the emergency regulationsbecome effective.
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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. **CHAP0476** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0476)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106743D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1270H1)
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3. **HB1270ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1270ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101978D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1270)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Delores L. McQuinn — 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 24101978D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1270)
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute printed 24106743D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24106743D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1270H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1270H1)
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- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2024-03-04** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1270ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1270ER)
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 476 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0476)
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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/d760d965-9bdf-4d0d-8c42-fae39bb0f522`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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